Traci Wolbrink

Dr. Wolbrink’s academic interest is teaching and education, specifically the development of innovative educational modalities and how they can be applied locally and globally. Her research focus has been to develop and study an innovative web-based educational platform entitled OPENPediatrics. The goal of this project is to create a social learning platform so that health care providers caring for critically ill children globally can learn basic or advanced skills through videos, protocols, simulators (including mechanical ventilation simulator), interactive question & answer capability, social networking, and best practice forums. She is researching the best ways to deliver e-learning globally.

Background Dr. Wolbrink obtained her BA in Physiology and her MD from Michigan State University. She also obtained her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency at Brown University, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is currently an Associate in Critical Care Medicine in the Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital, an Assistant Professor in Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, and is Co-Director of OPENPediatrics. She also serves as the Education Chair for the Academic Pediatric Association, Advisor for Technology-Enhanced Learning at the Harvard Macy Institute, co-chair of the International Development and Advocacy Committee for the International Simulation Society, and serves on the Executive Board for the Section on Simulation and Innovative Learning Methods for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Researcher Services

Researcher Areas

Medical Education Research E Learning Serious Gaming

Research Departments

Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Research

Research Divisions

Critical Care Medicine Research Perioperative Anesthesia Research

Publications

• Wolbrink TA, Kissoon N. Education of Healthcare Workers: Avoiding a Square Peg in a Round Hole. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 08; 19(8):794-795. View abstract
• Olszewski AE, Daniel DA, Stein DR, McCulloch MI, Su SW, Hames DL, Wolbrink TA. Teaching Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Globally through Virtual Simulation. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 06 07; 13(6):900-906. View abstract
• Wolbrink TA, Rubin L, Burns JP, Markovitz B. The Top Ten Websites in Critical Care Medicine Education Today. J Intensive Care Med. 2019 Jan; 34(1):3-16. View abstract
• Daniel D, Wolbrink T, Logvinenko T, Harper M, Burns J. Association between Search Behaviors and Disease Prevalence Rates at 18 U.S. Children's Hospitals. Appl Clin Inform. 2017 10; 8(4):1144-1152. View abstract
• Olszewski AE, Wolbrink TA. Serious Gaming in Medical Education: A Proposed Structured Framework for Game Development. Simul Healthc. 2017 Aug; 12(4):240-253. View abstract
• Wolbrink TA, Kissoon N, Mirza N, Burns JP. Building a Global, Online Community of Practice: The OPENPediatrics World Shared Practices Video Series. Acad Med. 2017 05; 92(5):676-679. View abstract
• DelSignore L, Daniel D, Wolbrink T. 377: VIDEO-BASED LEARNING: DO MINUTES MATTER? Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec; 44(12 Suppl 1):171. View abstract
• Wolbrink T, DelSignore L, Daniel D, Burns J. 415: LEARNING BEHAVIORS OF PEDIATRICS RESIDENTS UTILIZING AN ONLINE CURRICULUM IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec; 44(12 Suppl 1):180. View abstract
• DelSignore LA, Wolbrink TA, Zurakowski D, Burns JP. Test-Enhanced E-Learning Strategies in Postgraduate Medical Education: A Randomized Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res. 2016 11 21; 18(11):e299. View abstract
• Sanford E, Wolbrink T, Mack J, Rowe RG. Severe Tumor Lysis Syndrome and Acute Pulmonary Edema Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Following Initiation of Chemotherapy for Metastatic Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 May; 63(5):928-30. View abstract
• Wolbrink TA, Kissoon N, Burns JP. The development of an internet-based knowledge exchange platform for pediatric critical care clinicians worldwide*. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 Mar; 15(3):197-205. View abstract
• Wolbrink TA, Burns JP. Teaching trainees to perform procedures on critically ill children: ethical concerns and emerging solutions. Virtual Mentor. 2012 Oct 01; 14(10):771-7. View abstract
• Wolbrink TA, Burns JP. Internet-based learning and applications for critical care medicine. J Intensive Care Med. 2012 Sep-Oct; 27(5):322-32. View abstract