title: Teaching the psychosocial aspects of pediatric surgery.
abstract: The optimal care of children with surgical diseases requires acquiring skills in the psychosocial assessment and therapy of children. Developing and implementing a curriculum to teach these concepts to pediatric surgery trainees should result in decreased perioperative stress for the child and improved patient outcomes and family satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Pediatric Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas toih@bcm.edu , USA. toih@bcm.edu
authors.forename: Toi B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sibley
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000592:standards; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000193:education*
keywords: Adaptation; Pediatric; Perioperative anxiety; Psychosocial; Surgery