Learning Objectives for a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Transport Curriculum Based on a National Needs Assessment

Background: Over 68,000 neonatal transports occur annually. Practicing neonatologists participate in the referral, telephone management or retrieval of patients. The American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Transport Medicine (AAP SOTM) 2013 Consensus Statement on Interfacility Transport states that transport medicine is an essential part of neonatal perinatal medicine (NPM) fellowship training. Competency in transport physiology is an American Board of Pediatrics Subspecialty (ABPS) Board Specification. However, there is wide variation in neonatal transport education and training …