http://www.pediatricemergencytraining.com/
This will be my final article critique as I am at 12, unless I find a wonderful site and decide I may want to use it :)
1. The content of this site includes interactive pediatric emergency training. There are several different ones specific to school nurses, EMS personnel, and healthcare providers. When the "Go there" link is clicked it takes you to an interactive video on the information suggested. When you complete one module it takes you to the next one. The 5th module says it is coming out Jan 2009.
2. The design of this page draws one in especially with the use of videos to give information. Audio information is also provided with the video.
3. Disclosure of authors is provided at the beginning of the interactive video. It is provided by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. I would say this information is reliable since it comes from a hospital/university.
4. The site says it was last updated March 2007. I think there should be another update since it has been almost 2 years. It appears that there are more current updates since more videos have been added since the date given. Perhaps the date just wasn't changed?
5. The only possible resource I see is titled "Interviewee" and this person is a physician at the M.I.N.D Institute at University of New Mexico. I do not see a resource page.
6. The site could be a little confusing to use. I did not realize there were consecutive modules until I got clicking around some. If one wasn't aware of this, they could miss some information.
7. I accessed the site via Yahoo search and bookmarked the page. A person who wanted to view the videos may also be able to go to the University of New Mexico site and search for the modules there.
8. I think the intended audience for these videos are those suggested at the beginning of the module whether it be school nurses, EMS providers, or healthcare professionals.
9. Contact information can be gotten at the Health Sciences Center site.
10. There is no help menu from the module. There is a course directory link to help navigate. I am not sure what one would do if assistance was needed with the technology.
Summary: I think the information provided in the videos was useful in learning about peds emergencies. The information should be reliable since it is published by a hospital/university. I will probably use some of the information here in my community.
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I am glad to see the blunt trauma mentioned. My boys were baseball players and I have seen many hard blows to the chest. I'm not sure that our schools are even aware of what to do in these situations.
ReplyDeleteHeather: I liked the way this divided information to the most appropriate group for the type of information being presented.
ReplyDeleteYes, parts of this website are linked to the ER and also used as a marketing tool. I had difficult actually getting to the content. But, obviously it is well done if you need online continuing education credits.
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