Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
1.
statement regarding care of NICU graduates. e.g. Nutrition, immunization and follow up
2.
Not sure that this is necessary.
3.
more ceu's
4.
nurture research on outcomes in surgical patients
5.
?
6.
hope that they can become one.
7.
Be kind to them.
8.
Same
9.
Continue to provide educational materials
10.
Don't know.
11.
Communicate, work together.
12.
Education regarding follow up ELBW ROP screening etc..
13.
?
14.
Encourage more people to get the neoreviews
15.
n
16.
Didn't know there were any
17.
Understand why they became members and what they are most interested in gaining by becoming a
member
18.
Have interdisciplinary sessions.
19.
Conitinue to work closely with APN organizations.
20.
n/a
21.
Strengthen interactions between neonatologists, other subspecialists and general pediatricians
22.
I can't think of any
23.
offer Q&A format for questions on neonatal management
24.
not qualified to comment
25.
?
26.
Malpractice issues Quick access to newer information on care of infants esspecially NICU graduates.
27.
?
28.
work with the neonatologist in the community who will share their knowledge with the other
Pediatricians.
29.
education
30.
Education on NRP, managing infectious issues at birth and in the first 48 hrs of life
31.
Provide forum for non-neonatologists to express their ideas.
32.
education of issues that are important to us and incorporate ( eg. foster communication with OB's,
subspecialists
33.
increase opportunities for collaboration with neonatologists/perinatologists
34.
X
35.
maybe the web-based CME list
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
36.
6,7
37.
The section needs to continue to support pediatricians with education and training to prepare them
for care that is appropriate for them to provide, but also help pediatricians to access our specialized
care when that is appropriate.
38.
sponsor education online and at meetings
39.
Continue Neo-prep
40.
educational aids
41.
Address their concerns jointly with neonatologist
42.
Keep them informed of activities and value their input in decision-making.
43.
Not sure...maybe cheaper pricing for Neoreviews.
44.
not sure
45.
relationship between pediatricians and neonatologists
46.
find out what they are doing in our section.
47.
unknown
48.
Invite them to speak
49.
n
50.
Need to ask them
51.
Don't know.
52.
No Answer
53.
AT REGIONAL LEVELS, INVITE THEM
54.
the same
55.
Educational programs for pediatricians and physicians-in-training who are less well prepared in
neonatal resuscitation and care.
56.
---
57.
?
58.
Bring affiliated services into committee memberships.
59.
By involving them in the decision making process
60.
Better advocates for ancillary healthcare providers and more effective advocacy for children and
families.
61.
act like you care what nurses, RT's, social workers, pharmacists, and NNP's think
62.
I don't have any suggestions.
63.
Provide educational opportunities.
64.
No suggestions at this time.
65.
unclear the obligation, beyond informationa dn dialogue.
66.
I cannot speak for colleagues in other areas.
67.
see above
68.
Ask them. Also, work with the national organizations that represent these individuals to provide
complementary programs within their meeting structure.
69.
not sure
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
70.
-
71.
I am not sure that the Section should focus on members who are not neonatologists
72.
Training in neonatal issues for the primary care pediatrician
73.
keep them informed
74.
1. continuous review and enhancement of NRP 2. advocate with JCAHO to allow use of standing
orders for admission of newborns to the transition/NBN until the pediatrician can see the infant rather
than requiring telephone or written admission orders each time.
75.
More educational resources - update the website
76.
??
77.
should serve section members as the primary role
78.
?
79.
yes
80.
N/A
81.
support NNPs who are being forced out of our field due to ridiculous education requirements
82.
Clinical education and guidelines
83.
I have not been a member long enough to have an answer
84.
offer networking and information sharing opportunities, educational opportunities encourage
membership at national and local levels
85.
increase joint activities
86.
none
87.
let them fully participate in our programs encourage subgroups with special interests and support
their ability to meet by financial and other tangible means
88.
?
89.
proactive statements on medico-legal "experts" who lie about standard of care
90.
education
91.
Be an advocate, supportive, offering more CME online
92.
provide more services directed toward non neonatologists
93.
N/A
94.
See comments for 9
95.
Help with the Jacho ISSUE and quit having everyone woken up in the middle of the night for
nonsense
96.
nothing
97.
provide them with more voice and more of a role within the section. NNP's now question why pay
extra money to a Medical organization when my benefits are limited and influence is even less.
98.
no recommendations
99.
Education
100. Recognize that the largest segment of perinatal care is not provided to sick babies.
101. education about management of transient neonatal problems and about care of NICU graduates
102. ??
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
103. Ask them what they need from the Section!
104. Same
105. access to latest evidence-based practice and research
106. no clue
107. Let them know what you are doing and encourage them to interact with section membership.
108. education
109. Support their participation in educational programs.
110. Not sure what they want.
111. Continue encouraging their participation in our section (ie.NNPs)
112. unsure
113. same
114. see 7 & 8
115. No suggestions
116. education
117. More education workshop, conference and printed materials
118. Educate them about the benefits of the section and need to combine the Neoreviews payment with
the annual dues.
119. not sure
120. ??
121. Unsure
122. ?more NNP involvement?
123. Build on a collaborative team effort to care for babies and families
124. doing a fair job
125. Ensure regular Neonatal publications contain articles at intervals aimed at the non-neonatologist
members.
126. Not a clue
127. Better inform them of activities, guidelines and policies; find a role for participation (my wife is an
associate member who is a NNP with a PhD; she is in academics)
128. Seek support and guidance on treatment of critically ill newborns.
129. why do we need to address that?
130. unsure
131. Continue to establish clinical guidelines. Continue with publications. Fight for reimbursement.
132. See #7
133. Not be so critial of real world community practice and help make academic neonatolgists be less
critical of folks faced with real world situations
134. Establish better tools for communication.
135. keep them well informed
136. no idea; are you talking about pediatricians, or nnp's or RN's. Nurses have their own national
organizations.
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not neonatologists?
137. same as #9
138. same education issue as above
139. Not sure. I believe the org is primarily for neonatologists. i value and honor others in the field, but
there are organizations ie NANN and others that is their primary base of representation
140. more representation and sessions focusing on their field or subspecialty
141. don't know
142. Actively solicit membership. Have neonatologists encourage NNP's to become members.
143. Need to include hospitalists whose primary practice is normal newborns in the section
144. Answered #5,6,7,8 and 9 on the survery I turned in yesterday before # 4 was corrected
145. not sure
146. Advocate increased study of premature labor - its causes and mechanisms
147. educated on role/value of neonatology
148. Acknowledge the value of a multidisciplinary team approach.
149. encourage them by other members
150. ????????
151. education and advocacy
152. ?
153. Contiued updating of NRP
154. Developement of educational program
155. What is good for neonatologists should also serve those with whom we work--keep up an ongoing
dialogue among professions
156. .
157. CME/CEU over the internet
158. Educate
159. Educational opportunities including practical workshops.
160. Through education: web, meetings, printed materials, etc.
161. Educational Programs
162. include presentations by and for them at meetings.
163. increase non physician education
164. Increase awareness of Neonatologist's commitment to the general mission of the AAP
165. Probable need to ask a non-neonatologist :)
166. n
167. I'm not sure who these people are.
168. none
169. Not sure, but I suspect that the NNPs are a little alienated from the neonatologists at the AAP level.
Increasingly, general pediatricians are no longer doing newborn care.
170. assist with continuing education; outreach to all newborn care providers
171. assist with continuing education; outreach to all newborn care providers
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
172. Don't know
173. Keep them current with info regarding newborns and low birth weight babies via web based or lecture
series in community hospitals.
174. no comment
175. co-ordinate efforts to avoid duplication
176. encourage them to attend neonatal cme
177. Explain to them that neonatology is not a religion. They can be happy and fulfilled doing what they
are doing (even if they don't make as much).
178. Didn't know that there were non-physician members
179. Nothing
180. Conferences
181. not sure
182. i don't know
183. Education
184. see #8 More neonatal ICU exposure for Peds residents
185. integrate into section educational activities; support their advocacy/pofessional needs where
feasible/appropriate
186. set minimal "optimal" standards of care
187. Disseminate neonatologist viewpoints more openly
188. Incorporate them in the education programs much as the NPA has done over the last 20 years
189. no opinion
190. No suggestion. Should ask those members.
191. ?
192. on line list serve and email communications
193. education
194. no answer
195. Advocate for digital techology. Work with CMA to roll back the licensure requirements in every state
so that out of state consultation is easier. Need soem reciprocity.
196. Not sure
197. Publicize that the Section is open to nurses, etc., and then offer educational topics of joint interest
where collaboration is needed.
198. who do you mean?
199. Not sure
200. I have no idea
201. extension to the community
202. /
203. Not clear who those people are. Perhaps better recognition so the neonatologists are aware of other
members.
204. ask
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
205. help our colleagues understand what each neonatologist faces in the care of our NICU patients so
that there is better continuity of care of these most fragile infants. Post-NICU grad courses, i.e., on
how to care for these infants.
206. Not sure who these are? Specialists?
207. Enhance scope of educational programs.
208. Reach out to NNPS, NICU nurses. Help hospital administrations understand the complexities of
NICU care.
209. Education
210. Written in previous version of survey
211. See question 6 and 8.
212. Continue to make educational offerings valuable to non-neonatologists
213. See what their issues are and address their concerns.
214. educating the pediatricians- NRP, compentency in the delivery room
215. uncertain
216. not sure
217. Encourage those groups to have simultaneous meetings in same locale.
218. allow us to become more involved, including participation on committees, ability to vote
219. Not certain - no ideas.
220. CME activities.
221. Address issues involving the care of infants who do not require intensive care including how to bridge
the gap between hospital of birth and outpatient care
222. Don't know, ask them.
223. Keep them on board. Ask them what they need and try to provide it. Do more with NNPs and NANN-teamwork is essential in nearly every NICU. Do more with OB/MFM doctors-keep it cordial and
cooperative. Educate them in what they no longer learn in their training programs.
224. ?
225. Be inclusive of them
226. NNPs/neonatal PAs should be members and have access to the educational benefits, etc. of
membership.
227. Discussion of topics common to them and neonatologist
228. I don't know.
229. n/a
230. unsure
231. Improve internet access to information on job availability for trainees coming out of fellowship
232. see above, advocate for pediatricians so that hospital care is not so burdensome that they are driven
out of hospitals
233. ?
234. education
235. Print "Special Articles" (viz. NEJM model) on Topics of Interest in Journal of Perinatology
236. Involve them in concensus building
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
237. Focus on issues common to general practitioners as well as specialists
238. Collaborate with Nurse Practitioners organizations.
239. can't think of anything
240. don't know
241. Continue to develop strategies for communication and collaboration with obstetricians, MFM, and
down stream post-NICU providers in order to provide our patients with optimal care both pre-natally
and after NICU.
242. No answer.
243. .
244. Outreach education to other specialties (Family Practice) who provide care to infants.
245. ?
246. NA
247. not sure
248. do not know
249. Education.
250. Programs aimed at the practicing pediatrician related to neonatal care.
251. Begin a committee that focuses on the needs of our Neonatal Nurse Practitioner colleagues who are
vital to the livelihood of many neonatal practices today.
252. Advocate for SCHIP
253. education at regional and national meetings maintain dialogue with other organizations with similar
goals and over care issues.
254. n/a
255. Include these members in more of our activities.
256. ??
257. Allow more exchange of ideas between different AAP Sections
258. I don't know that we need to serve them but we need to get them to join the ranks
259. Make it more like District VIII perinatal section
260. ?
261. More opportunities to collaborate with NP/PA
262. I don't know
263. who would that be?
264. liaison
265. N/A
266. continue the good educational efforts; continue and perhaps more widely disseminate NRP for
practicing general pediatricians
267. Coordinate interests, communication and education with neonatologists.
268. don't irritate half the neonatologists through political stances
269. Ask this question of those members.
270. More realistic approach to NRP utilizing innovative techniques such as simulation. For example,
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
residents who are recently out of training have difficulty with intubation.
271. develop guidelines
272. unsure.
273. no answer
274. include topics of interest to them at national meetings
275. Continue to regard them as fully participating members of the section.
276. .
277. support physicians who are providing neonatal care and put aside the economic competition that
undermines community efforts
278. don't know enough about this group.... who are they, what are their specialties
279. See above
280. cannot answer as I have been unable to be active participant over past couple of years.
281. No suggestions.
282. No answer
283. xx
284. Why are there section members who are not neonatologists?
285. online education
286. ?
287. better communication, as a large portion of neonatology is based in the community and not at the
universities, involvement of nonacademic physician would be key.
288. keep up the good work
289. education
290. continue to update NRP
291. COllaboration and communication
292. provide guidelines
293. Expand on normal newborn care as an area of focus. Clearly an area being delegated to nonphysician providers as it evolves and incorporation of evidence based medicine and quality are
leaving this population behind.
294. Same as 9
295. work with legislation for malpractice reforms
296. Provide a support network that will help them keep current in their area of expertise.
297. In this regard, I think the Section is doing as well as it can.
298. No idea
299. support our NNPs who are losing their ability to join our profession by continuing elevation in the
academic requirements
300. Professional educational materials linked to the AAP website
301. improve or lengthen resident's exposure to NICU practice
302. If anyone is a section member who is not a neonatologist and practice neonatology, only those
individuals can answer this question
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
303. SUPPORT PATIENTS RIGTHS
304. Foster collaboration between disciplines and locations for research
305. No comment.
306. ?
307. don't know.
308. Education regarding the status of our profession, outcomes and expectations
309. See above
310. Not applicable
311. Education
312. n
313. ask them
314. Incorporate them into the NCE at the APP meeting.
315. N/A
316. Establish relationships with neonatology extender groups, eg, NNPs, etc. Jack Widness, Univ of Iowa
317. educate general pediatricians about routine neonatal problems, such as dehydration in breastfed
babies
318. Establish local chapters to identify these needs.
319. n/a
320. no idea
321. They should look to serving its membership first.
322. More education and training.
323. More outreach to neonatal nurse practitioners. Your ranking question #4 - I pick 1, 6, 12, 13 and item
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324. Organize forums for enhanced collaboration across disciplines
325. No opinion
326. Educate, educate, educate
327. None
328. Be gracious; regularly ask for their concerns; respond to the most frequently-cited among these.
329. education
330. not sure
331. don't know
332. ?1
333. .
334. am one, don't know BTW, Q#4 didn't allow but one choice. cg
335. Additional practice guidelines geared for the Pediatrician today who has limited residency training in
neonatal-perinatal medicine.
336. interactive sessions
337. Recognize the role of the hospitalists who deliver newborn care
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
338. ^
339. Don't have an answer but question #4 above asks for ranking 5 topics from a list of 15. Each time I
click on a second choice the first one disappears and the question does not take numbers only check
marks.
340. giudelines specific for pediatricians and rfamily practice physicians for care for high risk infants
341. NRP, NRP, NRP!
342. Doing well
343. not necessary as most have their own advocacy organization
344. provide educational resources for them
345. Help important bridge between developmental pediatrics -so many of the neonates ultimately have
developmental problems and need of follow-up which is being denied as a health issue instead seen
as mental health
346. Provide more forum
347. Not any different to those for neonatologists
348. no opinion
349. Same
350. don't know
351. education opportunities
352. Not sure.
353. encourage a great working relationship; improve communication with more standardized forms
354. Publish their names in the Perinatal section news
355. Not sure.
356. By linking there concerns and interests with the Neonatologist so we can be aware of each others
concerns, and where possible join efforts.
357. education
358. More programs regarding "follow-up" of NICU graduates and long term outcome and challenges
these children and families face.
359. An avenue for active participation of non neonatologist members
360. enhanced treatment guidelines
361. n/a
362. Best answered by those who fit that category
363. no suggestions
364. Show benefit in the association!
365. N/A
366. clincal guideline statements
367. more research dollars
368. Run medical education training seminaars
369. *
370. same
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Question #10. What can the Section do to better serve Section members who are
not neonatologists?
371. Educate them about the importance Section palys. Regarding Q 4: I can not select more than one
answer.
372. Continue educational publications
373. .
374. Not sure
375. not sure
376. na
377. 378. Educational offerings, communication forums
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