Boston, MA - AAP National Conference & Exhibition

Medical Home Training Program Pre-Conference
October 18, 2002

Target Audience | Course Objectives |State Resource Info | Schedule | Faculty

Overview
For the first time this year, The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offeedr its Every Child Deserves a Medical Home Training Program as a pre-conference to the AAP National Conference and Exhibition in Boston on October 18, 2002. The program aims to support pediatric health care providers interested in the well being of children with special needs in a changing health care environment.

Target Audience
The target audience includes pediatric health professionals typically attending the AAP National Conference and Exhibition.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
A(1) Explain the elements of the medical home concept as applied to their practice environment; (2) Understand the concepts, skills, and information necessary to successfully care for children with special health care needs in a changing health care environment; (3) Understand the importance, benefit, and means of developing family-professional partnerships; (4) Be able to identify programs and services in the community that serve children with special health care needs; (5) Understand the importance of transitioning children and youth to adulthood and ways to assist this process; (6) identify the various roles and responsibilities in providing a medical home - in particular understand the partnership between primary care pediatricians and subspecialists; and (7) Be able to assess, and if necessary improve pediatric office practices to assure that they are sensitive to families of children and youth with special health care needs.

State Resource Information
Click here to find out about State Initiatives and Medical Home activities in Massachusettes.

Schedule

Time	Sessions
7:00-8:00	Registration
8:00-8:15	Welcome
8:15-9:00	Overview/Common Elements This opening session provides an overview of the medical home approach to quality, comprehensive health care for children with special needs.
9:00-10:15	Practices, Policies, and Procedures Practical strategies to implement medical home into practice will be discussed including useful CPT Codes, data management techniques and cost-effective ways to improve office design and layout.
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:45	Screening, Surveillance and the Medical Home Obtain a better understanding of screening and surveillance. Learn practical strategies on integrating screening and surveillance into a clinical practice, and about fostering effective community networking and collaboration.
11:45-12:45	Lunch
12:45-2:00	Transitioning Children and Youth to Adulthood Understand transition related issues and strategies for advancing children and youth into adulthood.
2:00-3:15	Advocacy Learn strategies to better advocate for children with special needs and identify key partners to assist in these efforts.
3:15-3:30	Break
3:30-4:30	Comprehensive, Coordinated, Collaborative Care Panel Strategies for coordinating care, working with community based resources, and collaborating with specialists and allied health care professionals will be discussed.

Common Elements:

• Gil Buchanan, MD
• Maureen Mitchell

Transitioning Children and Youth to Adulthood:

• Richard Antonelli, MD
• Patti Hackett, MEd

Practices, Policies, and Procedures:

Tom Silva, MD Lois Kohrt

Screening & Surveillance:

• Peter Simon, MD
• Maureen Mitchell

Advocacy:

• Tom Pendergrass, MD, MSPH
• Dara Howe

Comprehensive, Coordinated, Collaborative Care Panel:

Funding for this event has been provided by an education grant from Shriners Hospitals for Children with additional support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

The CME Office at the American Academy of Pediatrics
reserves the right to cancel this activity for any reason whatsoever.
In the event of such cancellation, the full enrollment fee will be returned to the registrant.