Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program

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Thomas  Strandjord
Thomas Strandjord, MD
Associate Professor and Associate Division Head, Evidence-based Education

Dr. Strandjord's primary research interests are in quality improvement and medical education in newborn care and resuscitation. His current projects include the use of video recording of newborn resuscitations in education of newborn caregivers. He is also studying the use of computerized simulations of newborn resuscitation and infant arrests in the training of medical personnel in Newborn Resuscitation Program and advanced life support. He also assists in the management of a clinical database of all infants admitted to the University of Washington Medical Center Neonatal ICU. This database serves as a resource for quality improvement projects and clinical research projects.

  1. Taylor, JA, Brownstein, D, Christakis, DA, Blackburn, S, Strandjord, TP, Klein, EJ, Shafii, J. Use of incident reports by physicians and nurses to document medical errors in pediatric patients. Pediatrics 114:729-735, 2004.
  2. Taylor JA, Brownstein D, Klein EJ, Strandjord TP. Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients. J. Hosp. Med. 2:226-233, 2007.
  3. Schwid HA, Jackson C, Strandjord TP: Neonatal Simulator. Copyright 2005, Anesoft Corporation.

Teaching, Research and Clinical Activities

Dr. Strandjord's primary research interests are in quality improvement and medical education in newborn care and resuscitation. His current projects include the use of video recording of newborn resuscitations in education of newborn caregivers. He is also studying the use of computerized simulations of newborn resuscitation and infant arrests in the training of medical personnel in Newborn Resuscitation Program and advanced life support. He also assists in the management of a clinical database of all infants admitted to the University of Washington Medical Center Neonatal ICU. This database serves as a resource for quality improvement projects and clinical research projects.

Recent Publications

  1. Taylor, JA, Brownstein, D, Christakis, DA, Blackburn, S, Strandjord, TP, Klein, EJ, Shafii, J. Use of incident reports by physicians and nurses to document medical errors in pediatric patients. Pediatrics 114:729-735, 2004.
  2. Taylor JA, Brownstein D, Klein EJ, Strandjord TP. Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients. J. Hosp. Med. 2:226-233, 2007.
  3. Schwid HA, Jackson C, Strandjord TP: Neonatal Simulator. Copyright 2005, Anesoft Corporation.
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