Oakstone Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care 2024 (Videos + Slides)

Overview

Oakstone Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care 2024 (Videos + Slides) is a comprehensive online video CME program featuring expert-led content designed to support pediatric, family medicine, internal medicine, and subspecialty providers in effectively managing patient transitions from pediatric to adult care. The course provides practical strategies and best practices tailored to patient age, disease type, and physical or intellectual capabilities.

On-demand pediatrics education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Format: Videos and slides
Date of Original Release: October 15, 2024
Termination Date: October 14, 2027

Agenda

This program includes case-based lectures, workshops, roundtables, and faculty Q&A sessions focusing on chronic conditions, patient readiness, adherence, self-care, family engagement, and health equity during the transition period.

• Defining Successful Transition of Young Adults in 2024 and Current Assessment from Got Transition® — Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH and Susan Shanske, LICSW
• Teaching Self-Management Skills – Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Diabetes Care — Katharine Garvey, MD, MPH
• Maximizing Independence – Valuable Lessons from Care of Patients with Epilepsy — Tracey Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN, FAES, FANA
• Ensuring Adherence – Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Cystic Fibrosis — Gregory S. Sawicki, MD, MPH
• Faculty Q&A – Drs. Garvey, Milligan, and Sawicki
• The Use of Quality Improvement (QI) in Transition Care – Overview — Kitty O’Hare, MD
• Workshop – Transition Care Policy Writing — Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH and Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
• Workshop – Transition Quality Improvement (QI) – Creating a Current State Process Map — Madeline Chiujdea, BA, CPHQ, CLSSGB and Natalie Mann, BSE
• Workshop – Gap Analysis – Current State vs. Ideal State — Staci R. Eisenberg, MD, Colleen A. Monaghan, MD, and Kitty O’Hare, MD
• Workshop – Inpatient QI Project Cycle Development — Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH and Susan Shanske, LICSW
• Workshop – Getting Your Transition Project Started – Outpatient QI Project Cycle Development — Colleen A. Monaghan, MD and Staci R. Eisenberg, MD
• Workshop – Quality Improvement for Transition – Outpatient QI Project Cycle Development (Advanced) — Kitty O’Hare, MD
• Preparing Women with Chronic Conditions for Pregnancy – Strategies and Best Practices Gleaned from Congenital Heart Disease Care — Anne Marie Valente, MD
• Parent Guidance for Transitional Age Youth — Yoshio Kaneko, MD
• Substance Use Disorder in Transition-Age Youth — Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS
• Faculty Q&A – Drs. Hadland, Kaneko, and Valente
• Systems-Based Approach to Preparing Youth for Transition – A Care Management Model — Katherine H. Schiavoni, MD, MPP
• Embedding Health Equity into Transition of Care — Alexy D. Arauz Boudreau, MD, MPH
• Lessons of Twenty Years on Your Own Feet – Transitional Care in the Netherlands — Jane N.T. Sattoe, PhD
• Faculty Q&A – Drs. Boudreau, Schiavoni, and Sattoe
• Building a Road Map for Change – Improving Transitions to Adulthood — Elaine M. Gabovitch, MPA
• Inpatient Consult Service Models – Real World Lessons — Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
• Preparation Basics – How to Create a Medical Summary – Emergency Plan — Kristina Taylor, BS, BSN, RN
• Faculty Q&A – Ms. Gabovitch, Dr. Uluer and Ms. Taylor
• Establishing and Maintaining a Comprehensive Transition Program — Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
• Roundtable – Connecting Patients Using Social Media and Technology — Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD
• Roundtable – Finding Adult Providers – Creating the Warm Handoff into the Soft Landing — Margaret E. Threadgill, MD, MBA
• Roundtable – Approach to Transition Care in a Community Health Center — Meaghan Hamilton, PNP, C. Alexis Hopkins, NP and Caitlin M. Erwin, BSN, RN
• Navigating College with Chronic Conditions – Patient and Provider Perspective — Janis H. Arnold, MSW, LICSW and Sneha Dave
• Perspectives – Patients, Parents, and Providers – Navigating the Complexities of Communication — Laurie N. Fishman, MD
• Health Care for Individuals with Down Syndrome – Diagnosis to Adulthood — Stephanie L. Santoro, MD
• Faculty Q&A – Drs. Fishman and Santoro
• Autism in Transition — Sarah J. Spence, MD, PhD
• The KIND Clinic – Gynecologic Care for Women with Intellectual Disabilities — Kathleen Nolan, NP
• Faculty Q&A – Dr. Spence and Ms. Nolan
• Educational Advocacy for Youth with Intellectual-Developmental Disability — Alison D. Schonwald, MD
• Assessing for Independence and Support Needs — Jennifer Turek Queally, PhD
• Faculty Q&A – Drs. Queally and Schonwald
• Breakouts – Outpatient Billing for Transition Care — Colleen A. Monaghan, MD
• Breakouts – Comorbid Mental Health Conditions – Lessons from Transplant — Kristine McKenna, PhD
• Breakouts – Developing an Outpatient Transition Clinic for Patients with Medical Complexity — Kristin M. Farias, MD
• Transition Medicine and National Health Policy — Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
• Promoting Self-Management and Self-Advocacy — Sneha Dave and Colleen Huysman, MSW, LICSW
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Coping with a Chronic Condition — Sarah N. Flier, MD
• Lessons from Care of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease — Maureen Okam Achebe, MD, MPH
• Creating a Transition Program for Solid Organ Transplant — Dawn Freiberger, RN, MSN, CCTC, Lynne Helfand, MSW, LICSW, MPH, and Brendan Kimball, MBA
• Solid Organ Transplant and Navigating Chronic Care Transitions — Scott A. Elisofon, MD
• Cancer Survivorship and Adult Screening Guidelines — Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH
• Measuring Care Coordination and Care Integration — Richard C. Antonelli, MD, MS
• Building Your Team – Lessons from Care of Patients with Spina Bifida — Erin McNamara, MD, MPH and Arda Hotz, MD, MPH
• Pregnancy and Women with Mobility Disabilities — Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc
• Young Adults with Chronic Pain — Rachael B. Coakley, PhD
• Palliative Care – Approaching Conversations in Youth with Life-Limiting Conditions — Elisabeth Dellon, MD, MPH and Ashley Allen, MD, MSPH
• Obesity in Adolescents and Young Adults with Shared Patient Perspectives — Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS, DABOM
• HIV in Teens — Anne M. Neilan, MD, MPH
• Sexual Health in Chronic Illness – Including Fertility — Julia C. Roboff, MSN, FNP-BC

Speakers

This program includes contributions from a multidisciplinary group of experts specializing in pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, quality improvement, social work, nursing, and public health. The diverse faculty offers practical insights relevant to optimizing transition care across a range of chronic conditions and developmental needs.

Target Audience

This course is designed for pediatricians, family medicine physicians, internists, subspecialists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of adolescents and young adults transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare systems.

Why This Topic Matters

Oakstone Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care 2024 (Videos + Slides) addresses critical aspects of transitioning care that affect long-term health outcomes in pediatrics and adult medicine. Effective transition management strengthens provider confidence in navigating complex chronic conditions and developmental challenges inherent in this patient population.

As an on-demand education resource on MedHub Central, this course enhances clinical expertise in transition care, promoting best practices aligned with evolving healthcare models and ensuring comprehensive, patient-centered management in pediatrics and related specialties.