YCSC Compassionate Care Rounds: Navigating the Mental Health Boarding Crisis

Session Description

Behavioral health evaluations in the pediatric emergency department (ED) have grown exponentially over the past decade. Several initiatives have been implemented to assess and assist in caring for children and families as they await evaluation and then treatment at next levels of care. QI projects will be reviewed, along with adaptations made in the ED and the various members of the multidisciplinary team within the context of a particularly challenging case presentation.

The learning objectives for this session are to:

• Understand the unique treatment components provided within a pediatric emergency department setting, in the current setting of pediatric boarding as expectation, not outlier
• Appreciate the challenges of providing crisis care for patients while boarding
• Learn about the importance of multidisciplinary care in an acute emergency service with multiple departments in play

Continuing Education

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available. Compassionate Care Rounds are not recorded to maintain confidentiality.