2023
Significant deficiency in mentorship amongst female neonatologists in the United States: a descriptive national survey by women in neonatology
Leeman K, Gray M, Dammann C, Reber K, Poindexter B, Johnston L. Significant deficiency in mentorship amongst female neonatologists in the United States: a descriptive national survey by women in neonatology. Journal Of Perinatology 2023, 43: 526-528. PMID: 36658203, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-023-01616-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
How Good is Good Enough?: Current-Day Pediatric Residency Program Directors’ Challenges in Assessing and Achieving Resident Procedural Competency
Forson-Dare Z, Du N, Ocran A, Tiyyagura G, Bruno C, Johnston L. How Good is Good Enough?: Current-Day Pediatric Residency Program Directors’ Challenges in Assessing and Achieving Resident Procedural Competency. Academic Pediatrics 2022, 23: 473-482. PMID: 36410602, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Intubation Competence During Neonatal Fellowship Training
Evans P, Shults J, Weinberg DD, Napolitano N, Ades A, Johnston L, Levit O, Brei B, Krick J, Sawyer T, Glass K, Wile M, Hollenberg J, Rumpel J, Moussa A, Verreault A, Mehrem A, Howlett A, McKanna J, Nishisaki A, Foglia EE. Intubation Competence During Neonatal Fellowship Training. Pediatrics 2021, 148: e2020036145. PMID: 34172556, PMCID: PMC8290971, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-036145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntubation encountersFellowship trainingNational Emergency Airway RegistryMulti-center cohort studyNorth American academic centersNeonatal-perinatal medicine fellowsNumber of intubationsOverall success rateCumulative sum analysisProcedural competenceAirway RegistryCohort studyMultivariable analysisIntubation attemptsNeonatal intubationSuccessful intubationIntubation successAcademic centersIndividualized approachPractice characteristicsStart of trainingIntubationProgressionIndependent impactSuccess rate
2020
Value, Strengths, and Challenges of e-Learning Modules Paired with the Flipped Classroom for Graduate Medical Education: A Survey from the National Neonatology Curriculum
Gray MM, Dadiz R, Izatt S, Gillam-Krakauer M, Carbajal MM, Falck AJ, Bonachea EM, Johnston LC, Karpen H, Vasquez MM, Chess PR, French H. Value, Strengths, and Challenges of e-Learning Modules Paired with the Flipped Classroom for Graduate Medical Education: A Survey from the National Neonatology Curriculum. American Journal Of Perinatology 2020, 38: e187-e192. PMID: 32276279, DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1709145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFaculty educatorsE-learningNPM fellowsDidactic lecturesFaculty respondentsFlipped classroom modalityCritical thinking skillsE-learning modulesGraduate Medical EducationFlipped classroomLearning communityPreclass preparationThinking skillsClassroom modalityEducational experienceAdult learningFaculty facilitatorsFellow learnersPeer learningPhysiology curriculumPhysiology educationTraditional didacticsEducational contentFC learningEducational modalitiesCurrent training in percutaneously inserted central catheter (PICC) placement and maintenance for neonatal–perinatal medicine fellows
Levit O, Shabanova V, Bizzarro MJ, Johnston L. Current training in percutaneously inserted central catheter (PICC) placement and maintenance for neonatal–perinatal medicine fellows. Journal Of Perinatology 2020, 40: 589-594. PMID: 31932714, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-019-0587-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCatheterization, Central VenousCatheterization, PeripheralChi-Square DistributionClinical CompetenceCross-Sectional StudiesCurriculumEducation, Medical, GraduateEducational MeasurementFellowships and ScholarshipsHumansInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, NeonatalSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesConceptsNeonatal-perinatal medicineNeonatal intensive care unitCentral catheter placementIntensive care unitNeonatal-perinatal medicine fellowsProgram directorsPICC insertionStudy designACare unitPICC placementPICC teamCatheter placementResponse rateMost program directorsConclusionsWide variationsEducational statusFormal trainingTraining program directorsCurrent educational status
2019
Team Stress and Adverse Events during Neonatal Tracheal Intubations: A Report from NEAR4NEOS
Umoren RA, Sawyer TL, Ades A, DeMeo S, Foglia EE, Glass K, Gray MM, Barry J, Johnston L, Jung P, Kim JH, Krick J, Moussa A, Mulvey C, Nadkarni V, Napolitano N, Quek BH, Singh N, Zenge JP, Shults J, Nishisaki A. Team Stress and Adverse Events during Neonatal Tracheal Intubations: A Report from NEAR4NEOS. American Journal Of Perinatology 2019, 37: 1417-1424. PMID: 31365934, DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1693698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse eventsTracheal intubationAcademic neonatal intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unitAdverse tracheal intubationIntensive care unitNeonatal tracheal intubationsHemodynamic instabilityOxygenation failureCare unitPotential confoundersNeonatal intubationFamily presenceEvent ratesIntubationPractice factorsHigh stress levelsLikert scaleAssociationTeam stressStress levelsPremedicationLevelsPatientsConfoundersIncidence, impact and indicators of difficult intubations in the neonatal intensive care unit: a report from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates
Sawyer T, Foglia EE, Ades A, Moussa A, Napolitano N, Glass K, Johnston L, Jung P, Singh N, Quek BH, Barry J, Zenge J, DeMeo SD, Brei B, Krick J, Kim JH, Nadkarni V, Nishisaki A. Incidence, impact and indicators of difficult intubations in the neonatal intensive care unit: a report from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates. Archives Of Disease In Childhood Fetal & Neonatal 2019, 104: f461. PMID: 30796059, DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAirway ManagementClinical CompetenceEmergenciesFemaleHumansHypoxiaIncidenceInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureIntensive Care Units, NeonatalIntubation, IntratrachealMaleOutcome Assessment, Health CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality ImprovementRegistriesRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitNational Emergency Airway RegistrySevere oxygen desaturationIntensive care unitDifficult intubationAirway RegistryOxygen desaturationAdverse eventsCare unitTracheal intubationOdds ratioAcademic neonatal intensive care unitDifficult intubation groupSmall preterm infantsDifficult tracheal intubationIntubation groupPreterm infantsRetrospective reviewClinical impactIntubationNeonatesRegistryIncidenceDesaturationLack of sensitivity
2016
Neonatal–perinatal medicine fellow procedural experience and competency determination: results of a national survey
Sawyer T, French H, Ades A, Johnston L. Neonatal–perinatal medicine fellow procedural experience and competency determination: results of a national survey. Journal Of Perinatology 2016, 36: 570-574. PMID: 26938919, DOI: 10.1038/jp.2016.19.Peer-Reviewed Original Research