Transition to Adult Care

 

• Well Teens
• Chronic Illness

1. Describe the timing and progression of transition preparation during adolescence
2. Identify at least one tool for assessing youth readiness for transition
3. Delineate the key components of transition preparation and implementation
4. Describe the objectives and measurable outcomes of transitional care

• Readings
  1. ​AAP, AAFP, and ACP, Transitions Clinical Report.  Supporting the health care transition from adolescence to adulthood in the medical home. Pediatrics 2011;128(1):182-200. 
• Websites and Online Resources
  1. Becoming an Adult: Taking Responsibility for Your Medical Care
  2. Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition
  3. Florida HATS Health Care Transition Curricula

• MedEd Portal
  1. ​Fishman L. But Tommy Likes It Here: Moving to Adult Medicine. MedEdPORTAL Publication; 2012.  
• FloridaHATS “Tool Kit - For Medical Providers.”

• Resident primary care clinic
• Adolescent clinic
• Inpatient settings

Chronic Illness

1. Describe the impact of chronic illness on physical, emotional, sexual, social, and cognitive development, and the reciprocal impact of normal adolescent development on chronic illness
2. Explain how chronic disease and intellectual impairment uniquely impact the process of transition preparation and challenges they pose for transfer of care
3. List the consequences in young adulthood of ineffective, delayed, or unsuccessful transition