PCO User Tips
User Tip #1
AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care
Pediatric Care Online provides clinical information and recommendations through such features as the newly published AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care, directed by a distinguished editorial team and featuring contributions from experienced clinicians nationwide. This 3,000-page textbook is included within PCO in its entirety and addresses day-to-day practice concerns by comprehensively covering screening, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, management, prevention, critical care, practice management, ethical and legal concerns, and more. See how this feature of PCO can assist you in your daily practice by visiting http://www.pediatriccareonline.org/pco/ub/index/AAP-Textbook-of-Pediatric-Care/Topics.
User Tip #2
myPCO
Quickly revisit your favorite and most viewed PCO Web pages by saving them in myPCO, a personalized bookmarking system built right into the platform. To do so, simply follow the steps below:
- Go to the page you would like to save.
- Click "Save to myPCO" within the Content Manager box in the upper right.
- "Topic has been saved to myPCO" will appear at the top of the page.
To revisit all your saved pages:
- Click "myPCO" on the Home Page or the top menu bar.
- When the myPCO page appears, click on the name of the Web page you would like to view located under "Record".
User Tip #3
Interactive Periodicity Schedule
Quickly find recommendations for each well-child visit with these four easy steps:
- Click on Interactive Periodicity Schedule under Tools on the Home Page or click on Tools in the top menu bar and use the drop-down menu.
- Click on the well-child age visit you would like to view.
- The well-visit will be broken into two tables of recommendations: Perform and Assess Risk.
- Click on links within the recommendations to view additional related information.
View additional well-child visit recommendations, without leaving the page, by using the left side bar.
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User Tip #4
Signs & Symptoms Search
Narrow your search within the AAP Point-of-Care Quick Reference by entering and/or choosing symptoms.
- Click on Signs & Symptoms Search under Tools on the Home Page or click on Tools in the top menu bar and use the drop-down menu.
- Type the symptom in the Quick Lookup box and hit Enter or click on the symptom within the list. The symptom will appear in the Selected Signs & Symptoms to the right.
- Enter additional symptoms as needed.
- Point-of-Care Quick Reference topics matching these symptoms will appear in the Matches from Quick Reference Topics box in the lower right.
- Click on the topic title to view.
User Tip #5
Point-of-Care Quick Reference
Use the Quick Reference to quickly find concise and top-line information for point-of-care decision-making. This resource takes 241 chapters from the AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care and distills the information in a bulleted format, eliminating the need to hunt for the information, such as definition, background, epidemiology, evaluation, interventions, etc.
- Click on Point-of-Care Quick Reference under Library on the Home Page or click Library in the top menu bar and use the drop-down menu.
- Once in the Quick Reference, use the alphabet bar to find the topic for which you are looking.
- Once in the topic, click on the subsection (in the left menu) you would like to view. To view the entire chapter, click on the chapter title at the top of the left menu or click on Display all Sections in the Content Manager box on the far right.
User Tip #6
Mobile Devices – Blackberry and iPhone
View PCO in its entirety on your Blackberry or iPhone. You do not need to download or install anything to access PCO on these two mobile devices. The full site is optimized for browsing on such devices, using all major platforms, giving live access to the site and full functionality. To access the site on your Blackberry or iPhone, type the PCO url (www.pediatriccareonline.org) in the browser.
User Tip #7
Content Manager
Use the Content Manager to better customize content pages when in a Library feature, as well as the Interactive Periodicity.
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User Tip #8
Bright Futures
Refer to Bright Futures to help you provide better health care, save time, and keep up with changes in family, communities, and society that impact child health.
- Click on Bright Futures under Library on the Home Page or click on Library in the top menu bar and use the drop-down menu.
- Once in the Bright Futures Table of Contents, click the chapter title you wish to view. Note:
- Most chapter titles (denoted by
 ) will open in an expanded view showing all the subsections of that chapter. Simply click on the title of the subsection you want to view.
- If you would like to view the entire chapter, click on the chapter title instead of a subsection title or click on Display all Sections in the Content Manager box on the far right.
Familiarize yourself with this resource’s two comprehensive sections:
- Part I – The most current recommendations for promoting the top ten areas common to all stages of child development:
- Family Support
- Child Development
- Mental Health
- Healthy Weight
- Healthy Nutrition
- Physical Activity
- Oral Health
- Healthy Sexual Development and Sexuality
- Safety and Injury Prevention
- Community Relationships and Resources
- Part II – The most up-to-date well-child supervision standards focusing on specific guidance for each of the 31 age-based health care visits. Each visit lists five priorities, including sample questions and discussion points for parent and child.
User Tip #9
Bright Futures Pocket Guide
Use the Bright Futures pocket guide as quick reference tool and training resource. View summaries of the following topics for each well-child visit: development observation, physical examination, medical screening, immunizations, and anticipatory guidance. Also view four all-new appendices: medical screening tables, resources, screening tools, and sample scripts.
- Click on Library in the top menu bar and use the drop-down menu to select Bright Futures Pocket Guide (you will notice that it is not listed on the Home Page under Library).
- Once on the Bright Futures Pocket Guide Table of Contents, click the chapter title you wish to view.
- Most chapter titles (denoted by ) will open in an expanded view showing all the subsections of that chapter. Simply click on the subsection you want to view.
- If you would like to view the entire chapter, click on the chapter title instead of a subsection or click on Display all Sections in the Content Manager box on the far right.
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