Barton Schmitt MD, FAAP
Dr. Barton Schmitt is a leading figure in pediatric care, best known for his inaugural book on telephone triage for children — Pediatric Telephone Advice — published in 1980. He has also served as the medical director for the Pediatric Call Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado since 1988, which oversees evening and weekend calls for more than 500 pediatricians across Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and New Mexico.
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Schmitt-Thompson Pediatric Clinical Content
- Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
- Attending Physician and Pediatric Resident Coach, Child Health Clinic, Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Author of four integrated sets of clinical content for use in telephone triage software:
- Pediatric Telephone Triage Protocols for after-hours triage/advice nurses (1994-present).
- Pediatric Telephone Triage Protocols for office hours triage/advice nurses (2002-present).
- Pediatric Symptom Checker; web-based and mobile self-triage and self-care guides for parents (2000-present).
- Pediatric Care Advice; after care instruction handouts for parents on 300 common pediatric health problems (2000-present).
- Author of more than 100 articles and books for physicians, nurses and parents.
- The first book on pediatric telephone triage, Pediatric Telephone Advice, in 1980. 3rd Edition in 2004.
- Telephone triage book for office practices, Pediatric Telephone Protocols Office Version. 16th Edition in 2018. Published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Two award-winning child care books for parents; Your Child’s Health, 2005 and My Child is Sick!, 2017; AAP Publications.
- Honors received from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Anderson Aldrich Award for contributions in Child Development, 1994
- Education Award for contributions in Pediatric Education, 2004
- Education:
- Degree in Chemical Engineering from Yale University.
- Doctorate of Medicine from Cornell University Medical College.
Pediatric residency completed at the University of Minnesota Hospitals.
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