5994 A medical education initiative for paediatric intensive care medicine

Objectives Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) is a relatively young speciality, which, when combined with the challenges of conducting research in critically unwell children, has led to paucity of evidence to guide clinical practice.¹ In recent years, evidence base for PCC has grown and in 2023, Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (PICM) received an NIHR incubator grant to enhance the development of evidence-based clinical practice in PICM.² Furthermore, paediatric clinicians get limited exposure to PCC yet many core principles of care are translatable to areas of acute paediatrics. A collaborative medical education initiative was created between PICSTAR (trainee-led research network for PICM) and Don't Forget the Bubbles (DFTB; a worldwide leader in paediatric online education) with the aim to increase accessibility and dissemination of evidence-based learning in PCC. Methods PICM formal anonymised extended case summaries (ECS) are produced by PICM trainees as part of their training. ECS explore evidence underpinning provision of clinical excellence in PCC decision making. ECS offered a sustainable springboard to create educational articles, whilst also offering incentive and recognition to PICM trainees who were involved. ECS were modified to increase accessibility and relevance to a wider audience. An international group of writers and contributors collaborated to promote global dissemination and learning. A PICSTAR DFTB writing group was established to translate learning objectives from ECS into articles to be published by DFTB. All submitted DFTB articles undergo peer and editorial review. Article metrics were used to quantitively measure accessibility and dissemination of published articles. Comments on the DFTB website and platforms such as X (Twitter) offered qualitative feedback of the usefulness and relevance of the articles. Results Team includes 11 authors working on articles. Five articles were published, and three articles are currently accepted for publication. Published article metrices can be seen in figure 1, with a total of 52 tweets and an upper bound of 159,306 followers. Articles have been shared internationally and received unanimously positive feedback from readers. Conclusion The PICSTAR DFTB writing group successfully produces accessible and widely disseminated medical education PICM articles. The team continues to write articles with the hope to expand the PICM education section on DFTB. This also acts as a platform to provide formal education in research skills and development, and therefore build upon the NIHR PICM incubators goal of fostering continuous research development in trainees. References Zimmerman JJ, Anand KJ, Meert KL, et al. Research as a standard of care in the PICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016;17(1):e13-e21. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000000562. Myers M. National award to increase research in children's intensive care. Imperial College London News. 2023. Accessed online [19th August 2023] at https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/245594/national-award-increase-research-childrens-intensive/.