Effectively training pediatric residents to deliver diagnoses of Down syndrome

2012

Based on a Web tutorial that integrated prenatal and postnatal information into virtual patient scenarios, the study assessed pediatrics residents? knowledge and comfort in delivering a diagnosis of DS pre- and postnatally. 91 volunteer residents from 10 pediatric training programs across the country participated. RESULTS. The tutorial yielded significant improvement in knowledge and a significant decrease in perceived level of discomfort in both ambiguous situations and more medically certain contexts related to a DS diagnosis. In addition, across all pediatric resident groups (by year, gender, and performance on the knowledge test and the comfort scale), residents strongly agreed that this type of training was beneficial for themselves, other residents, practicing physicians, and other medical professionals.

Down syndrome , prenatal diagnosis, pediatric residents

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Professionals

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291552-4833

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