Paeds Cases · adolescent-and-young-adult-medicine
Adolescent health in rural and remote settings OSCE — engineered confidentiality, tiered care and retrieval
Observed structured encounter testing a rural-optimised HEEADSSS with engineered confidentiality, a telehealth-supported plan, and early retrieval activation for a suicidal adolescent in a one-doctor town.
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RACP General PaediatricsRACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
Prompt
Station A is a confidential risk assessment with a 15-year-old in a small town who has had months of low mood and passive suicidal thoughts. Station B is the same young person presenting after an overdose, requiring retrieval activation and lethal-means restriction.
Station objectives
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Frame rural adolescent health as an equity problem rather than a geography problem. [1] [6]
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Engineer confidentiality for a small community and run a rural-optimised HEEADSSS. [1] [3]
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Build a telehealth-supported, tiered plan and activate retrieval early for acute risk. [2] [4]
References6ShowHide
- [1]Boyd CP, Aisbett DL, Francis K et al Issues in rural adolescent mental health in Australia Rural and remote health, 2006.PMID 16506881
- [2]Goldman-Mellor S, Allen K, Kaplan MS Rural/Urban Disparities in Adolescent Nonfatal Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt: A Population-Based Study Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 2018.PMID 28940747
- [3]Mseke EP, Jessup B, Barnett T A systematic review of the preferences of rural and remote youth for mental health service access: Telehealth versus face-to-face consultation The Australian journal of rural health, 2023.PMID 36606417
- [4]Chiccarelli E, North S, Pasternak RH Innovative Strategies for Addressing Adolescent Health in Primary Care Through Telehealth Pediatric clinics of North America, 2024.PMID 39003011
- [5]Brunner WM, Han Z, Tennyson S et al Impact of Rural School-Based Health Centers on Asthma Management The Journal of pediatrics, 2025.PMID 39491783
- [6]MacDowell M, Glasser M, Fitts M et al A national view of rural health workforce issues in the USA Rural and remote health, 2010.PMID 20658893