TABLE 5.
Education in social care among PEM fellows and PDs, total and by position type
| Education in social care | Total | Fellow | PD | p‐value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beneficial for fellowship training | — | |||
| Extremely beneficial/very beneficial | 80 (52) | 58 (53) | 22 (50) | |
| Moderately beneficial/slightly beneficial | 73 (48) | 51 (47) | 22 (50) | |
| Not beneficial at all | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Training topics believed to be useful for PEM fellowship a | — | |||
| Evidence‐based social care screening tools | 104 (68) | 73 (67) | 31 (70) | |
| Local social care resources | 138 (90) | 100 (92) | 38 (86) | |
| National social care resources | 71 (46) | 53 (49) | 18 (41) | |
| Local social care challenges | 105 (70) | 73 (67) | 32 (73) | |
| Review of broad social care needs/challenges | 46 (30) | 29 (27) | 17 (39) | |
| Other | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | |
| Social care training topics a | — | |||
| Access to social care evidence/resource library | 73 (48) | 60 (55) | 13 (30) | |
| Guide on how to document local existing resources | 85 (56) | 60 (55) | 25 (57) | |
| Communication skills for asking sensitive questions | 65 (42) | 47 (43) | 18 (41) | |
| Access to standardized pediatric social needs screening tools | 82 (54) | 64 (59) | 18 (41) | |
| Recommendations for alliance‐building with community resources | 48 (31) | 36 (33) | 12 (27) | |
| Model for integrating social care into clinical logistics | 87 (57) | 61 (56) | 26 (59) | |
| Technical guide for building social needs screening in EMR | 49 (32) | 40 (37) | 9 (20) | |
| Training guide for social care navigators | 48 (31) | 39 (36) | 9 (20) | |
| Funding options for startup and maintenance of social care services | 41 (27) | 27 (25) | 14 (32) | |
| Translatable research network for implementation of social care | 38 (25) | 36 (33) | 2 (5) | |
| Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| None | 7 (5) | 5 (5) | 2 (5) |
Data are reported as n (%).
Abbreviations: EMR, electronic medical record; PD, program director; PEM, pediatric emergency medicine.
a
Variable is based on check all that apply and, therefore, the sum % of response is larger than the sample of the population.