Preview Project: WFPICCS Evidence Hackathon: Engaging the conference community in collaborative knowledge synthesis
Systematic Review Information:
Study Goal
Advances in survival of pediatric ICU (PICU) patients has led to increased interest in the burden of morbidity and the physical, cognitive, social, and psychologic impairments experienced by PICU survivors, as well as the psycho-social impact on family members. Recognizing the importance of better understanding and improving the long term outcomes of pediatric critical care survivors and their families, investigators from the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG), including the Canadian PICU Follow-up Consortium and the Canadian Critical Illness Recovery Consortium (CCCIRC) are collaborating on a wide range of projects. One of the initial priorities of this collaborative is a living scoping review of studies evaluating long term outcome following pediatric critical illness. This scoping review will be accompanied by an open access database available to the broader international PICU community to facilitate the conduct of more focused systematic and scoping reviews. This living scoping review will identify all studies describing a population or cohort of children having been admitted to a PICU and investigating or reporting on the health of the child or a caregiver/family member after discharge. The first two knowledge synthesis projects that will use this database have been identified and include: (1) Development of Post-PICU Follow Up Clinics: A Living Scoping Review (see https://pediatrics.knack.com/wfpiccs22#followup-project/ for further details), (2) Posttraumatic Stress in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A systematic review (see https://pediatrics.knack.com/wfpiccs22#ptsd-project/ for further details). Following peer-review, the electronic database search for this living scoping review has identified over 16000 citations for screening. Our goal is to assemble a team of 20 to 30 members of the PICU community to participate in both the development of the living scoping review (see Comments & Advice to Reviewers, below) and the two focused projects. Team recruitment will occur through the WFPICCS Conference and Evidence Hackathon workshop, held on July 12, 2022 (Workshop ID WO4) (see https://pediatrics.knack.com/wfpiccs22#home/ for more details). Once assembled, the team will work together in the 2 to 4 weeks following the WFPICCS conference to complete the project tasks. Approximately 2 months following the conference, we will present the results of this initiative back to the WFPICCS community as part of a seminar.
Study Protocol
Description of PI and Investigative Team
Cara McQuaid, MD; Rebecca E. Hay, MD; Karen Choong, MB, MSc, FRCPC; Dayre McNally, MD, PhD; Gonzalo Guerra, MD, PhD; Laurie Lee, MN, NP; David Zorko, MD; Sarah Mooney BScN(c), PACER(c); Laurence Ducharme-Crevier, MD; Genevieve DuPont Thibodeau, MD; Michael Del Bel, Msc, PhD(c); Katie O'Hearn, MSc; Jeremy Olivier, BSc(c)
Offerings to Reviewers
- Potential authorship
- Academic advancement
- Letter of reference
- Involvement in future projects
- Research Experience
Comments & Advice to Reviewers
The #PedsICU community needs your help to rapidly complete this living scoping review on PICU outcomes following discharge and follow-up clinics! We are seeking to build a team of 20 to 30 members to help to complete tasks (i.e. screening, data abstraction, risk of bias) for this large review (>16,000 citations). Team recruitment will initially occur through the WFPICCS conference and Evidence Hackathon workshop, held on July 12, 2022. Join this exciting #PedsICU community collaboration and get involved by helping us answer this important research question. This great networking opportunity will yield at least two publications, with potential for involvement in future projects. We anticipate that the database developed through this scoping review will be used to answer multiple questions related to post-discharge outcomes and follow-up of PICU patients and their families in the future. To qualify for group authorship on the publication arising from this scoping review, it is expected that team members will complete a minimum of ~500 assessments at title and abstract level, retrieve ~50 PDFs and complete ~50 full text assessments. A subset of reviewers will be selected to participate in data abstraction and will be offered the potential for named authorship. We anticipate the individuals selected to perform data abstraction will complete a minimum of ~1000 assessments at title and abstract level and ~100 assessments at full text level, and retrieve ~50 PDFs (note: these numbers are estimates based on previous large crowdsourced projects, and are subject to change based). Participation in the event will be limited in order to maximize the opportunity for team members to complete the work required for named authorship.
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