Children's Mercy Hospital Prepped & Ready

Primary Research

Shared on Facebook, social media and

newsletters

Class filled up quickly (100 max

capacity for zoom setup)

Seems to be a trend that people

sign up for virtual events but

majority of them don’t attend

Mentioned pros and cons to

in-person versus virtual presentation

Potential opportunity being

encouraging discussions in

breakout rooms

Hard to get people to show up in

person with challenges like time

commitments, transportation

and childcare

Suggested time for live Q & A

and/or follow-ups with small groups

Discussed a prior conference attended

that included follow-ups, once a month for

a period of 6 months to discuss case studies

Helped reinforce what was learned

at the original conference

Also helped develop relationships and

sense of community with the participants

issues attendees brought up and how to and offered
real examples of how to deal with them

Information coming directly from the
researcher/practitioner (Dr. Sullivant) is more powerful
than someone who is an expert but not integrated in
the same way merely as a result of Dr. Sullivant’s actual
work in the practice

Awareness that perhaps parents or potential
attendees may have seen the information on Facebook,
Twitter or other means of distributing the program
signup/details, but may have faced barriers to physical
attendance

Expressed interest in importance of
ongoing/repeated presentations in a way that does not
make them monotonous

Diversify the program based on individual audience
needs, perhaps as a progression of new information,
specifically as it relates to recent events and the impact
of COVID
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmhvhkflRKoxPw-
gAIRwB6XFf6FovDuC-/view?usp=sharing

Host Site: ADHD

Name and title: Dr. Kristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP

Virtual presentation, 2020
First time addressing teen suicide as a
main topic for parent education

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