Are you a professional looking for FREE

continuing education creditson a health care topic

that really matters to your adolescent and

young adult patients and their families?

Produced by The Institute for Child Health Policy,

University of Florida

Florida Health and Transition Services (FloridaHATS)

University of South Florida

Children’s Medical Services, Florida Department of Health

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Training Program Overview

This online training curriculum includes information about how professionals can help prepare youth with chronic health conditions

and disabilities for their eventual graduation from pediatrics and transfer to adult health care.

Contents of Module 1:• IntroductionbySurgeonGeneral• “EnsuringSuccessfulTransitionfromPediatric

to Adult Health Care”• WhatIsHealthCareTransition?• HCT:anEmergingIssue• TransitionStagesandIssues• “Jim’sStory”• PoliciesandPracticesofHealthCareProviders

and Facilities• PediatricandAdultCare:TwoDifferentCultures• TransitionandHealthInsurance• TransitioninEducation• TransitioninVocationalRehabilitation• LegalRightsof18YearOlds

Contents of Module 2:• “CollegeandBeyond”• PromisingPractices• DevelopmentalModelofHealthCareand

Child-Family-ProfessionalRelationships• TherapeuticTerminationofCaringRelationships• HealthCareTransitionPlanningGuide• TransitionResources• PerspectivesfromYouthandYoungAdultsfor

DoctorsandHealthCareProviders• TransitionResourcesattheInstituteforChild

Health Policy, University of Florida

Health Care Transition Training ProgramAccreditation

The four-hour long Health Care Transition Training Program is broken down into two two-hour modules. The accreditation statements below apply to each module for a total of four contact hours.

Physicians – This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance withtheEssentialsAreasandPoliciesoftheAccreditationCouncilforContinuingMedicalEducationthroughthejointsponsorshipoftheFloridaAHECNetwork,theUniversityofFlorida,theUniversityofSouthFlorida,theFloridaDepartmentofHealth,Children’sMedicalServicesandtheFloridaDevelopmentalDisabilitiesCouncil,Inc.TheFloridaAHECNetworkisaccreditedbytheFloridaMedicalAssociation to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Florida AHECNetworkdesignatesthiseducationalactivityforamaximumof2.0AMAPRACategory1Credits™foreachmodule.Eachphysicianshouldclaimcreditcommensuratewiththeextentoftheirparticipationintheactivity.

LCSW,LMHC,MFT–GulfcoastNorthAreaHealthEducationCenter,Inc.isaFloridaBoardofClinicalSocialWork,MarriageandFamilyTherapy,andMentalHealthCounselingapprovedprovider,BAP#50-839ofcontinuingeducation.Thisprogrammeets the requirements for up to 2.0 total contact hours each for two modules.

Nursing–GulfcoastSouthAreaHealthEducationCenter,Inc.isaFloridaBoardofNursingapprovedproviderofcontinuingnursingeducation.CEBrokerProviderID#50-840.Thisprogrammeetstherequirementsforupto2.0 total contact hours each for two modules.

Dentists–SuwanneeRiverAHEC,Inc.isaFloridaBoardofDentistryapprovedproviderofContinuingDentalEducation.CEBrokerProviderID#50-1922.Thisprogrammeetstherequirementsforupto 2.0 contact hours each for two modules.

Thisprogram’spresenter,JohnG.Reiss,PhD.,herebydeclaresthathehasno conflicts of interest, commercial interests or financial relationships to disclose related to the information contained in this online program.

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Introduction byDr. Ana Viamonte Ros

StateSurgeonGeneralofthe FloridaDepartmentofHealth

Hear from young people about their health care transition experiences and what they think is important.