Pediatrician's Guide to Discussing Research with Patients

by Christina A. Di Bartolo, Maureen K. Braun

Overview

With the proliferation of research studies posted online, media outlets scrambling to pick up stories, and individuals posting unverified information via social media, the landscape for parents trying to understand the latest science as it pertains to their children has never been more challenging to navigate. This book is intended to assist pediatricians when discussing research findings with parents. It provides an overview of research practices and terminology, clarifies misconceptions about studies and findings, and explains the limitations of research when applied to medical decision making. Through this framework, physicians can explain their reasoning behind specific clinical recommendations. 
In addition to examining the broad concepts comprising research literacy, this book reviews the current findings in topics that pediatricians report discussing most often with parents, such as vaccines, diet, medications, and sleep. Pediatrician’s Guide to Discussing Research with Patients is a unique resource for pediatricians in encouraging the development of research literacy in their patients.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319495477
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	01/11/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	261
File size:	489 KB

About the Author

Christina Di Bartolo, LMSWClinical Assistant ProfessorNYU Langone Medical CenterThe Child Study Center New York, NY 


Maureen Braun, MDAssistant Professor Department of PediatricsIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NY 

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Introduction
Part I Overview of Research Concepts and Literacy
2 Funding and Bias
3 Study Design and Related Considerations
4 Significance: Statistical versus Clinical
5 Incorporating Research into Health Care Decisions
Part II Special Topics
6 Vaccines
7 Diet
8 Food Allergies
9 Discipline Techniques
10 Medications
11 Sleep
12 Screen Time
13 School Refusal
14 Infectious Diseases

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Jennifer L McNeer, MD (Comer Children's Hospital)
Description: This book provides pediatricians a framework for discussing research with their patients and families.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide pediatricians with a resource and a guide to how to discuss research with their patients/families. The authors aim to provide a refresher on research itself, and then specific scenarios that primary care pediatricians encounter on a regular basis. This is a nicely written guide, arranged in a logical manner to provide a succinct resource to help guide pediatricians through these conversations in an efficient and logical way, with the goal of enhancing the doctor-patient relationship.
Audience: The intended audience is primary care pediatricians. The authors are a social worker who is an active researcher and a general pediatrician at an academic center.
Features: The beginning chapters focus on types of research, study design, bias, and the physician/patient relationship. Later chapters focus on commonly encountered scenarios by pediatricians, such as vaccine concerns, screen time, and food allergies among others. There is a nice selection of common encounters and examples in each chapter of how these conversations can be tailored to particular situations. This is a comprehensive, yet efficient review.
Assessment: This is a quick go-to resource for primary care providers. In an age of easy access to information on the internet — not all of which is reliable — this is a nice resource to use as a guide for evidence-based conversations with families. In addition to general information about how research studies are structured, funding, inherent biases, etc., the authors do a nice job of selecting particular topics that will be high-yield for primary care practitioners

Doody's Review Service

This book provides pediatricians a framework for discussing research with their patients and families. … The intended audience is primary care pediatricians. … There is a nice selection of common encounters and examples in each chapter of how these conversations can be tailored to particular situations. This is a comprehensive, yet efficient review.” (Jennifer L. McNeer, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2017)

“A guide for pediatricians how to present research plans to parents of children to be included in research studies or discussing research achievements in a series of diseases. A very useful book for all pediatricians in training and in practice.” (Zvi Laron, Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 14 (4), June, 2017)

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