Paeds Vivas · preventive-and-community-paediatrics
Adolescent preventive health care — branching viva
Branching viva on time alone, confidentiality, HEADSS/HEEADSSS, screens, safety overrides and transition.
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Prompt
You are the paediatric registrar in adolescent clinic. The examiner will move from visit structure to HEADSS, screens, a suicide disclosure and transition.
Stem
The examiner will test whether you can run a youth-friendly preventive visit under pressure. [1] [4]
References9ShowHide
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- [3]Miller VA Adolescents Spending Time Alone With Pediatricians During Routine Visits: Perspectives of Parents in a Primary Care Clinic. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2018.PMID 29887486
- [4]Chung RJ Confidentiality in the Care of Adolescents: Policy Statement. Pediatrics, 2024.PMID 38646690
- [5]Mangione CM, Barry MJ, Nicholson WK, et al. Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA, 2022.PMID 36219440
- [6]Knight JR Validity of the CRAFFT substance abuse screening test among adolescent clinic patients. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 2002.PMID 12038895
- [7]White PH Supporting the Health Care Transition From Adolescence to Adulthood in the Medical Home. Pediatrics, 2018.PMID 30348754
- [8]Knight JR Effect of Computer-Based Substance Use Screening and Brief Behavioral Counseling vs Usual Care for Youths in Pediatric Primary Care: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 2019.PMID 31225897
- [9]Pasternak RH 21st Century Cures Act ONC Rule: Implications for Adolescent Care and Confidentiality Protections. Pediatrics, 2023.PMID 37010402