Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2006

Mentor: Dr. Pam Okada and Dr. Robert Wiebe
Department: Pediatrics
Room number: M700 Trailers
Mail Code: 9063
Phone number: 214-456-6371
E-mail: pam.okada@childrens.com
Project title: Post traumatic stress and pain in children undergoing painful medical procedures: Ethnic differences

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): 072004-044

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): not applicable

Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects)
Patient-based research

Brief Description of Project:

This is a non-interventional observational study of beliefs and behaviors associated with children's responses to painful procedures.
The purposes of the research are as follows:
" To validate instruments commonly used to measure pain and PTSD symptoms in different ethnic groups.
" To measure differences between children of different ethnic groups in pain and stress responses after painful medical procedures, and to correlate any differences seen with ethnic variation in pain beliefs, pain coping skills, and parent-child interactions.
" To demonstrate that children undergoing painful medical procedures have PTSD symptoms later.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:

As above.

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