Conferences 26th Annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference: Transition from Pediatric to Adult-Based Care

About this Event

Skill preparation and planning for healthcare transition for youth and young adults with special healthcare needs is inadequate. Less than 50 percent of families nationwide indicate that their children with special healthcare needs have received the services necessary to make appropriate transitions to adult healthcare, work, and independence. One of the major hurdles to receiving this care is the lack of a trained workforce, including physicians, nurses, social workers, mental health providers and all who provide services to youth and young adults with special healthcare needs trained to provide the services necessary to make the healthcare transition. There is a strong need for physicians and all healthcare providers to have the knowledge and skills to provide the services needed to facilitate a successful transition from pediatric to adult-based care and services.

Because of increased awareness of transitioning to adult-based care, healthcare providers are required to update their knowledge of the changing strategies for integrating emerging adult-based care into practice.

For all conference participants, there will be a discussion of primary and subspecialty care medical care during the transition years; discussions of models of transition programs and data to support their processes; the legal issues involved in healthcare transition; family and young adult perspectives in a plenary format as well as time to meet and talk with faculty in small groups, to exchange ideas among participants, and to share knowledge and information about how best to plan for a successful transition to adulthood.

Target Audience

Physicians in internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, psychiatry, and physiatry; other healthcare providers including psychologists, social workers, nurses, dietitians, case managers, counselors, and primary care providers; and youth and young adults who have a chronic illness or disability and their parents or guardians.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able to:

• Discuss structure, processes and outcomes in current HCT programs in the U.S
• Examine Rural Adult Collaboration on Transition to Adult-based Care
• Analyze common barriers to successful pediatric-adult medicine collaborations and solutions to overcome these barriers
• Compare structure and processes that have worked in successful pediatric-adult medicine health care transition programs

Educational Methods

Lectures ▪ Breakout Sessions ▪ Question and Answer Sessions

Activity Evaluation

Evaluation by questionnaire will address program content, presentation, and possible bias.

Conference Registration Fee

In-Person and Virtual fees are the same cost

Agenda

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