A Response to “Pediatric Referrals to an Emergency Department From Urgent Care Centers”

Montalbano, Amanda; Montgomery, Emily; Johnson, J. Kristie; Addington, Tiffany

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“…A national study of pediatric urgent care centers showed 62% of institutions hosting PA students. 8 Although pediatric urgent care clinics provide a high-volume of pediatric cases, the educational benefit of practicing at these clinics has not been studied.…”

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Urgent Care: A Valuable New Setting for Training Physician Assistant Students

Addington¹,

Johnson²,

Montalbano³

2022

J Physician Assist Educ

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess physician assistant (PA) students' perceptions of using a pediatric urgent care clinic for their pediatric acute care experience.Methods PA students were surveyed on completion of their pediatric urgent care rotations (June 2017 to March 2020). Positive perception was $4 on a 5-point scale or $80% on agreement for dichotomous variables. Qualitative question responses were open coded for positive themes and opportunities for improvement. ResultsOf the 32 students, 29 (90.6%) completed evaluations. Students reported an overall positive perception: patient care, 4.66 (standard deviation [SD] 0.61); system-based practice, 4.76 (SD 0.44); professionalism, 4.90 (SD 0.31); medical knowledge, 4.90 (SD 0.31); and practice-based learning and improvement, 4.66 (SD 0.61). However, interpersonal and communication skills were rated positively on only 65.5% of the evaluations.Conclusions An academic pediatric urgent care clinic was regarded positively by PA students as a novel setting to complete a pediatric acute care rotation, but students required more opportunities to work collaboratively.

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confidence: 99%