title: The AAP Resilience in the Face of Grief and Loss Curriculum.
abstract: A career in pediatrics can bring great joy and satisfaction. It can also be challenging and lead some providers to manifest burnout and depression. A curriculum designed to help pediatric health providers acquire resilience and adaptive skills may be a key element in transforming times of anxiety and grief into rewarding professional experiences. The need for this curriculum was identified by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Medical Students, Residents and Fellowship Trainees. A working group of educators developed this curriculum to address the professional attitudes, knowledge, and skills essential to thrive despite the many stressors inevitable in clinical care. Fourteen modules incorporating adult learning theory were developed. The first 2 sections of the curriculum address the knowledge and skills to approach disclosure of life-altering diagnoses, and the second 2 sections focus on the provider's responses to difficult patient care experiences and their needs to develop strategies to maintain their own well-being. This curriculum addresses the intellectual and emotional characteristics patient care medical professionals need to provide high-quality, compassionate care while also addressing active and intentional ways to maintain personal wellness and resilience.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; jserwint@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Janet R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Serwint
authors.affiliation: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bostwick
authors.affiliation: Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
authors.forename: Ann E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Church
authors.affiliation: University of California at Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California.
authors.forename: Albina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gogo
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Dena
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hofkosh
authors.affiliation: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linebarger
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osta
authors.affiliation: University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Deborah T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.affiliation: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Sahler
authors.affiliation: University of Texas, Houston, Texas; and.
authors.forename: Keely
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.affiliation: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Constance
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States