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Research Snapshot Theater: Professional Development and Education, Pediatric II

The Educational Scope of Pediatric Critical Care Podcasts

Monday, March 23, 2026

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Central Time

Location: Connections Central - RST 15

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Alice Shanklin, MD

Cohen Children's Medical Center

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Zachary Hodges, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Children's Medical Center, Texas

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Greg Kelly, MBBS, MBA, ClinDipPallMed, FCICM, FRACP

Senior Staff Specialist
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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Elizabeth Mack, MD, MS, FCCM (she/her/hers)

Medical University of South Carolina

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Patrick Davies, BMedSci, BMBS, MRCPCH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Nottingham Children's Hospital, England, United Kingdom

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Rahul Damania, MD

Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital

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Peta Alexander, MBBS, FRACP, FCICM

Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts

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Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Professor of Anesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts

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Introduction: Medical podcasts have become a cornerstone of adult emergency medicine and critical care since the early 2000s. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) has followed suit, with the publication of the Society of Critical Care Medicine Podcast (2005), OPENPediatrics (2013), PicPod (2018), Pediatrica Intensiva (2020), PICU Doc On Call (2021), and PedsCrit (2021). We aimed to summarize the educational scope of these podcasts by quantifying the number of episodes and their relative popularity in each PCCM content area outlined by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP).

Methods: Episodes from six PCCM podcasts were assigned to one of the content areas in the ABP Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Content Outline. Episodes of the SCCM podcast that did not include a pediatric topic or host were excluded. Downloads per episode were obtained for five podcasts. The expected downloads for each ABP content area were calculated based on the percentage of total episodes covering the topic, and a Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to compare this to the observed downloads.

Results: Of the 838 episodes analyzed, Cardiovascular System and Respiratory System were the most frequently covered ABP content areas, accounting for 134 (16.0%) and 125 (14.9%) episodes. Toxicology (8 episodes, 1%), Clinical Ethics (4 episodes, 0.5%), and Pharmacology (4 episodes, 0.5%) were the least covered ABP content areas. A total of 5,468,849 downloads from 749 episodes were analyzed. The SCCM podcast had the highest median episode downloads (51,613, IQR 36,874 to 59,092), followed by Pediatrica Intensiva (2,209, IQR 1,911 to 2,675), PedsCrit (2,067, IQR 1,650 to 2,488), PICU Doc On Call (1,714, IQR 1,404 to 1,933), and OPENPediatrics (762, IQR 563 to 1,348). The observed and expected downloads for each ABP content area were equivalent (test statistic 14.5, p = 0.63).

Conclusions: Medical podcasts are a popular resource in pediatric critical care. PCCM podcast producers accurately assess the demand for episodes, resulting in agreement between the expected and observed downloads in each ABP content area. As a result, several ABP content areas are well covered while others remain under-covered. More content is needed to address Toxicology, Clinical Ethics, and Pharmacology.