Small Talk by Contemporary Pediatrics

The Contemporary Pediatrics editorial advisory board is key to ensuring that the magazine is providing the practical clinical guidance the pediatric provider needs to offer the best care possible. The series "Meet the Board" will offer a chance to get to know the people who help shape the magazine.

For our first episode in the series, we sat down with Andrew J. Schuman, MD, FAAP, who is a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and also a practicing pediatrician.

Technology has rapidly changed over the past few decades and radically changed the day-to-day life of everyone. This technological boom has also been felt in medicine, making paper charts and waiting days of lab reuslts a thing of the past.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Andrew Schuman, MD, FAAP, to discuss how to effectively use technology in the pediatric practice and what upcoming tech has him interested.

When the country started shutting down, many were optimistic and thought that people would only have so stay home for a few weeks. During these early days many parents relaxed the screen time and media use rules. However, many children are still at home and remain under those relaxed rules.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Cori Cross, MD, to discuss how families can start to bring back screen time and media use back to pre-lockdown levels.

Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine refusal have long been a problem in pediatrics. Last year's measles epidemic served as a signal of what the sentiments could mean for a disease that had been considered vanquished. COVID-19 has halted the lives of many people and many of those people have pinned their hopes for returning to normalcy on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Andrew J. Schuman, MD, to discuss the vaccine hesitancy and the potential ramifications those antivax sentiments could have on the future COVID-19 vaccine. 

A debate has been raging over whether safe in-school education is possible. School districts across the country have adopted a multitude of different responses to the problem.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Donna Hallas, PhD, RN, PPCNP-BC, CPNP, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN, to discuss the debate and how health care providers can help.

The COVID-19 pandemic has to changes on many levels from the personal to the societal. There are many simple ways to combat the spread: handwashing, social distancing, and wearing masks, but there's also a place for using more high-tech tools.

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Andrew Schuman, MD, to talk about how technology can help slow the spread of COVID-19.