17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
| Parent Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Care
Parent Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Care
The multidisciplinary team model has been advocated for pediatric hearing healthcare for several decades. Traditional multidisciplinary teams involve multiple providers meeting with patients and families over the course of one long appointment while more modern models tend to use a combination of multi-provider appointments and multidisciplinary team meetings for care plan formulation. Family-centered healthcare demands that families provide input regarding the care of their children, however very little is known about how families perceive their experience in multidisciplinary team models.
In this study, a parent survey explored the family experience in a traditional multidisciplinary team model for treating children with hearing loss. The team included an otolaryngologist, nurse practitioner, audiologist, speech/language pathologist, and social worker. Questions regarding overall experience, the diagnosis process, treatment plan formulation, communication about additional testing, and information about available resources were surveyed through written and electronic means. Results revealed a majority of parents felt positively about the quality of information shared by providers; however many were overwhelmed by the number of providers seen and information shared. These results along with qualitative feedback helped to formulate changes in the care model away from a traditional multidisciplinary team model to a more modern interdisciplinary team approach.
Family experience data reveals that a traditional multidisciplinary approach to hearing healthcare may not provide families with the experience they seek and may add confusion to their child’s care plan. A modern multidisciplinary model to facilitate communication among providers will be reviewed. Advantages and disadvantages of this modern approach will be discussed.
- Participants will be able to discuss different models of multidisciplinary hearing health care.
- Participants will be able to describe parent perspectives on multidisciplinary care as it relates to diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss.
- Participants will be able to describe ways in which family-centered hearing healthcare can be implemented in their own clinic.
Presentation:
15805_7762UrsulaFindlen.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Ursula Findlen
(), Nationwide Children's Hospital, ursula.findlen@nationwidechildrens.org;
Ursula M. Findlen, Ph.D., is the Director of Audiology Research in the Division of Clinical Therapies- Audiology Department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor-Clinical at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Findlen engages in clinical practice and research endeavors related to pediatric (re)habilitative audiology, particularly in regards to a multidisciplinary team approach to family-centered care. Her research interests include infant diagnostics and improving outcomes of children with hearing loss through systematic quality improvement and population health endeavors.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Prashant Malhotra
(), Nationwide Children's Hospital, Prashant.Malhotra@nationwidechildrens.org;
Prashant Solanki Malhotra, MD, FAAP, is a member of the Department of Otolaryngology and the Hearing Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Malhotra received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 2004. He completed an internship in General Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and completed his residency in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. He spent an additional year as a fellow and clinical instructor of Pediatric Otolaryngology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University. Dr. Malhotra’s clinical and research interests primarily focus on problems relating to pediatric hearing loss and cochlear implantation, pediatric head and neck masses including malignancies, and all other aspects of pediatric otolaryngology and facial reconstructive surgery.
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Oliver Adunka
(), Nationwide Children's Hospital, oliver.adunka@nationwidechildrens.org;
Dr. Oliver F. Adunka is the division director of otology, neurotology, and cranial base surgery at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. He is also the director of Pediatric Otology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, one of the largest institution’s of its kind in the United States
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Receives Consulting fee for Consulting,Other activities from Advanced Bionics, MED-EL, AGTC Corporation.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.