I know that you aren’t taking a position about universal screening here Laura. Yes physician time should be valued and compensated.
I don’t believe that there has been the extensive discussion that should be had about whether screening for ACEs is the right thing for pediatricians to do - (I can get a lot of helpful information from the ASQ-SE and it’s a developmental screener that is appropriate for pediatrics)... so though I know you are asking a question that is different than the content of my reply, I know that there are many other doctors out there who check out topics like this on ACEsConnection. Our colleagues are looking for information that might move their practice and ultimately force all doctors into doing something that might not be as well thought out as our good intentions hope.... so I ask these kinds of questions on all kinds of posts on ACEsConnection and post musings that may be somewhat off topic but have the intention of getting us thinking... I know it might be a little annoying but I know that this is just too important to pediatric care not to discuss. So I hope you can forgive the indulgence. The intentions are always for the best we can do for our patients.
You can check out these two articles if you are interested. Or disregard them if not.... The authors may be members of ACEsConnection... I’m actually not sure because I haven’t looked.
1. Please address correspondence concerning this article to: Kimberly Renk, Ph.D., University of Central Florida, Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 161390, Orlando, Florida, USA, 32816. E-mail: Kimberly.Renk@ucf.edu
2. Address correspondence to: Sheri Madigan, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Ave., Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada, Phone: (403) 220-5561; Fax: (403) 282-8249; email: sheri. madigan@ucalgary.ca
