November 2, 1999

Members of the SCCM Resident Education Committee

Please complete this brief survey/questionnaire and return to me at your 
earliest convenience.
A couple of housekeeping issues first:
Please send in your first quarter (July-Oct) resident test results (Version 
C) so that we can "crunch the numbers".
Also, I am eagerly awaiting your input regarding resident education goals 
and the "Mission Statement".

Computer/Internet Survey
1. Is computer access available to housestaff  (Resident/med students) at 
your facility (not the computer where lab results can be looked up etc.) ?
a) Yes - in the PICU area
b) Yes - but not in the PICU area
c) No

2. Is Internet access available to housestaff ?
a) Yes - in the PICU area
b) Yes - but not in the PICU area
c) No

3. Are CD-ROM capabilities available on these computers ?
a) Yes
b) No

4. In the future, which mode of resident examination would you prefer to 
have available ?
a) Paper format (as currently used)
b) CD-ROM with the test
c) Web/Internet-based

5. What e-mail program do you use (Out of Luck Express etc.) ?

6. How frequently do you check your e-mail ? 
a) Daily
b) Every other day
c) Weekly
d) Infrequently

7. What platform does your computer use ?
a) Windows 95
b) Windows 98
c) Windows NT
d) Mac OS 7.x
e) Mac OS 8.x
f) Mac OS 9.0 

8. What is your preferred means for these communications ?
a) E-mail
b) Fax
c) Mail (USPS)

9. Do you wish to continue to participate in the activities of this 
committee (or is another person in your division the "education person")?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Yes, but our education person is Dr. ----------- and the e-mail address 
is --------------

10. Do you already have an established curriculum at your center for 
didactic sessions complete with hand-outs etc. ?
a) Yes
b) No
c) In development

11. Would you be interested in contributing to and participating in a 
Web-based curriculum [through picuBOOK (http://picuBOOK.net): Power point 
presentations or hand-outs that can be down-loaded from the web as well as 
on-line interactive content] ?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Need more information to decide

12. Would you be willing to contribute a chapter or a short vignette, on a 
topic close to your heart (in critical care) to the picuBOOK textbook on 
the web (Joseph DiCarlo and Susan Day, editors) ?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe

Finally,
13. Are you planning on attending the SCCM in Orlando (Feb 11-15, 2000) - 
exact time and date of our Committee meeting will be forthcoming ?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Maybe, if the Y2K bug has been eradicated from the Air Traffic Control 
systems by then !

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey.  This will help us in 
formulating future projects that I discussed in the "minutes" of the 
committee meeting held in conjunction with the PCCC.  If any of  you have 
not received a copy of the minutes, please let me know - they are also 
posted on the PedsCCM.org website under Committee reports and meeting (SCCM 
Pediatrics section).

Warm Regards.
Sincerely,
Mohan


Mohan R. Mysore, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care
Children's Hospital, Omaha
Tel: 402-354-7071
Fax: 402-354-7093
e-mail: mmysore@childrens-omaha.com