A5027575568- Child and Adolescent Health
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Traffic and Road Safety
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Family Support in Illness
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Social Media in Health Education
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Blood properties and coagulation
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
Children's Hospital of San Antonio
2020-2023
Baylor College of Medicine
2020-2023
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2022-2023
Children's Center
2015
Mayo Clinic
2014-2015
WinnMed
2015
Head injuries are the leading cause of death among cyclists, 85 % which can be prevented by wearing a bicycle helmet. This study aims to estimate incidence pediatric bicycle-related in Olmsted County and assess differences between those helmets vs. not. County, Minnesota residents 5 18 years age with diagnostic code consistent an injury associated use January 1, 2002, December 31, 2011, were identified. Incidence rates calculated standardized sex distribution 2000 US white population. Type...
OPEN ACCESSDecember 4, 2020Locked and (Un)-Loaded Discussions: A Pediatric Resident Safe Firearm Storage Counseling Curriculum Cody Clary, MD, Lindsey Lambarth, DO, Ruchi Kaushik, MPH MD Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College Medicine Children's Hospital San Antonio E-mail Address: [email protected] , DO Assistant Professor, https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11028 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsDownload Citations ShareFacebookTwitterEmail Abstract Introduction: Firearm-related...
Pediatric resident training typically prepares learners to care for children with medical complexity (CMC) when acutely ill; however, residents often do not receive formal primary this population. We designed a curriculum improve pediatric knowledge, skills, and behavior providing home CMC.Guided by Kolb's experiential cycle, we offered complex as block elective hospital medicine fellows. Participating trainees completed prerotation assessment establish baseline skills self-reported...
OPEN ACCESSOctober 24, 2023A Pediatric Resident Advocacy in Complex Care Curriculum Ruchi Kaushik, MD, MEd, MPH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6769-2801 Medical Director of Education and Research Palliative Physician, Imagine Pediatrics E-mail Address: [email protected] Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11358 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsDownload Citations ShareFacebookTwitterEmail Abstract Introduction: Children youth with special health care needs...
OPEN ACCESSApril 1, 2022Design and Evaluation of a Pediatric Resident Health Care Transition Curriculum Ruchi Kaushik, MD, MPH, Virginia Niebuhr, PhD MPH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6769-2801 Associate Professor, Department Pediatrics, Baylor College Medicine The Children's Hospital San Antonio E-mail Address: [email protected] Google Scholar More articles by this author , Clinical University Texas Medical Branch School Medicine/UTMB https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11239...
We were pleased to read the recent article by Gupta et al. and accompanying editorial regarding quality of life (QoL) among cancer caregivers in sub-Himalayan region.[12] QoL lower income has been increasingly assessed qualitatively, with data clearly conveying that these individuals have grave difficulties navigating psychosocial, financial, physical burdens associated caring for patients cancer.[34] Similarly, using a well-structured survey designed multi-disciplinary support, al.[1]...
Children with disabilities in Texas began to receive services through managed care Medicaid on November 1, 2016.1 Managed organizations (MCOs) are often charged the aim reduce costs, particularly for small but high health care–using population of children medical complexity (CMC). We describe a child whose loss resulted, ironically, unnecessary use resources.“John” was 15-month-old male infant constellation congenital anomalies, global developmental delay, insufficient oral intake dysphagia...
Faculty retention is a prominent topic in academic medicine. Investment faculty career development supports vitality, advancement, and retention. Academic physicians community-based settings far from their affiliate may find identifying local advancement mentorship challenging.In June 2018, in-service day at The Children's Hospital of San Antonio Baylor College Medicine Houston was convened to design peer mentoring circle (PMC). Using self-determination theory, this program aimed help PMC...
e18613 Background: COVID19 results in severe disease and resource utilization, particularly among patients with cancer. Hospitalization rates outpatient US veterans cancer vary according to race (white vs non-Hispanic black). Less is known about ethnic (Hispanic non-Hispanic) disparities hospitalization rates. We aimed identify all-cause Methods: conducted a retrospective cohort study of an index diagnosis (ICD10 U07) between 1/1/2020 3/31/2022 managed at the South Texas Veterans Health Care...
Objective: Identify factors contributing to time a family spends in Multidisciplinary Craniofacial Team Clinic (MDCT) and implement an intervention reduce this time. Design: Interventional: restructuring of clinics serve those patients requiring fewer provider encounters separately. Setting: An American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association-accredited MDCT academic children’s hospital. Patients/Participants: One hundred sixty-seven with craniofacial diagnoses. Interventions: Time data were...