Pediatric caregiver involvement in the assessment of physicians

Katherine A Moreau; Catherine M Pound; Kaylee Eady

doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0402-6

Pediatric caregiver involvement in the assessment of physicians

BMC Med Educ. 2015 Aug 1:15:123. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0402-6.

Authors

Katherine A Moreau^{1

2}, Catherine M Pound^{3

4}, Kaylee Eady^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. kmoreau@cheo.on.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. kmoreau@cheo.on.ca.
³ Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. cpound@cheo.on.ca.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. cpound@cheo.on.ca.
⁵ Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. keady@cheo.on.ca.
⁶ School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. keady@cheo.on.ca.

Abstract

Background: Given the growth and benefits of consumerist and family-centred approaches to pediatric health care, there is a need to involve pediatric caregivers in the assessment of their children's physicians.

Discussion: We present interconnected questions that are important to address in order to facilitate pediatric caregiver involvement in the assessment of their children's physicians. Pediatric caregivers can be valuable assessors of physicians' non-technical skills. It is important to conduct additional research on caregiver involvement in assessment activities and create a reflective discourse on this topic. To ensure that pediatric caregivers' assessments of physicians are formally recognized and advantageous, it is important to understand: (a) what pediatric caregivers can assess; (b) what assessment tools exist for pediatric caregivers;

(c) how to create appropriate assessment tools for pediatric caregivers; (d) how to collect pediatric caregivers' assessments; (e) how to increase the legitimacy, use, and effectiveness of pediatric caregivers' assessments; and (f) the consequences of pediatric caregiver assessment.

MeSH terms

Caregivers / psychology*
Child
Clinical Competence / standards*
Consumer Behavior
Humans
Pediatrics / standards*
Physicians / standards*
Professional-Family Relations*
Quality Assurance, Health Care / methods
Quality of Health Care / standards*
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