Each year, 6 million children die from preventable causes, more than the population of Boston. OPENPediatrics was launched in 2014 to improve pediatric care worldwide by providing an open-access online library of medical education resources. It has grown significantly, with over 450,000 resources shared across 1,171 hospitals in 129 countries. User feedback indicates the materials have helped reduce infection rates and save lives by improving understanding of best practices. The organizers aim to continue expanding the community and types of resources provided, including for nurses, parents and continuing medical education.

1. The world’s best practices, shared worldwide.
30 November 2015
OPENPediatrics:
Improving Pediatric Care Worldwide
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2. The Challenge
2
Each year, 6 million children die worldwide from preventable causes.
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This is greater than the population of the entire Metro Boston area.

3. Medical Education: Current Paradigm

4. OPENPediatrics
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Launched April 1, 2014
• IBM provides platform pro bono
• Funded by BCH, Anesthesia Foundation, philanthropic funding
• Content (mostly) still ©
• All content peer reviewed

5. Community Tools: Profiles
5

6. Community Tools: Groups
6

7. Library
7

8. Library: Videos
8
Congenital Cardiac Defects with Obstruction to
Systemic Blood Flow by Patricia Lincoln, RN, MSm
CCRN, CNS-BC
Chest Tube Placement by Christopher Weldon,
MD, PhD
Endotracheal Suctioning: What do we Really Know?
by Mavilde LG Pedreira, RN, PhD
FEAST Trial: Perspectives on Fluid Therapy
by Kathryn
Maitland,
MD
Didac&c
Procedural
Conference
World
Shared
Prac&ce
Forum
210 videos

9. Library: Videos Q&A and Transcripts
9

10. Library: Summaries and Calculators
10
• 36 summaries
• 24 calculators

11. Library: Simulators
11
Mechanical
Ven&lator
Simulator
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Simulator

12. Library: Special Collections
12
Pediatric
Cardiovascular
Mul&media
Library
(27
defects)

13. Learning: Guided Learning Pathways
13

14. OPENPediatrics Public Resources
14

15. Global Adoption
15
• Used in 1,171 hospitals and 129 countries
worldwide

16. Community Growth
16
• Over 350% community growth in 19 months since launch

17. Resources Shared
17
• More than 450,000 total resources shared

18. Resource Utilization
18
• Used widely as a teaching tool

19. 19
User Satisfaction
• 90% of users are satisfied with the variety of content
• 94% of users are satisfied with the breadth of content material
• 90% of users found the difficulty level of content to be “just right”

20. 20
An
Israeli
pediatric
resident
struggling
to
resuscitate
a
newborn
recalled
an
OPENPediatrics
diagram
that
helped
him
understand
why
the
bag
mask
he
was
using
was
not
working.
User Story: Impacting Patient Care

21. 21
“…[he]
realized
one
of
the
valves
in
the
breathing
device
was
not
func9oning,
and
he
quickly
replaced
it
in
the
proper
posi9on
and
the
baby
immediately
began
to
improve.
So
the
anima9on
really
helped
save
that
baby’s
life.”
—Physician,
Israel
User Story: Impacting Patient Care

22. 22
A
Moscow
hospital
changed
its
approach
to
treaBng
burn
vicBms
based
on
OPENPediatrics
burn
care
videos
by
Dr.
Robert
Sheridan.
User Story: Best Practice Adoption

23. 23
“The
presenta9ons
on
pediatric
burn
care
by
Dr.
Sheridan
were
excellent,
some
of
the
best
teaching
on
burn
care
I
have
ever
heard.”
—Physician,
Moscow
User Story: Best Practice Adoption

24. 24
A
Turkish
hospital
reduced
its
central
venous
catheter
infecBon
rate
by
adopBng
pracBces
learned
from
an
OPENPediatrics
video.
User Story: Impacting Patient Care

25. 25
“After many months using this
strategy learned from an
OPENPediatrics video, the rate
of central line associated
bloodstream infections declined
dramatically.”
—Physician,
Turkey
User Story: Best Practice Adoption

26. Feedback: Email
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“This is a powerful tool
to help establish and
support pediatric
standards of care.”
— Administrator
“This is a beautiful and
high quality
implementation of an
educational idea; it
definitely stands out.”
— Physician
“My intention is that every
member of my PICU
including nurses and the
residents use OP.”
— Physician
“Our team has been
watching these
sessions monthly
together with the PICU
nurses. It was great
and we had a good
discussion.”
— Attending
“Thank you for your
great work. This is a
spectacular
contribution.”
— Chief, Pediatric
Critical Care
“For us who have no
adequate resource
materials, this
application is very
useful and a long
awaited development.”
— Attending

27. Future Directions
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• Continuing to build community
• Nurses
• Respiratory Therapists
• Global Health Workers
• Patients and Parents
• Research
• Continuing Medical Education
Pediatric
Opioid
Prescribing
CME

28. The world’s best practices, shared worldwide.
Thank you.
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