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Hemond JA, Franchek-Roa KM, Caplin DA, Hobson WL. Teen Actors Teaching Communication Skills. Cureus 2021; 13:e19515. [PMID: 34934541 PMCID: PMC8666307 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.19515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Introduction To provide high-quality care, physicians must effectively communicate with adolescents while addressing difficult and sensitive subjects. Our program aimed to (1) cost-effectively incorporate teenage actors into a pediatric simulation program and (2) increase residents' self-perceived comfort level with adolescent patients by practicing interview skills with teens. Methods In 2013, the authors established a Teen Acting Program, in which volunteer theater students created and simulated patient characters and provided feedback to learners. Residents on the adolescent medicine rotation participated in the program, completed a survey on self-perceived comfort level with adolescent patients, and answered open-ended questions regarding the program. Results A total of 70 residents participated in the program and pre-survey; 46 completed both the pre- and the post-survey. Of 46 participants, 37 (80%) reported that the program was helpful and four (9%) stated it was the best thing about the rotation; 35 (80%) described the program as “high-yield” for the time spent. Between the pre- and post-surveys, residents demonstrated statistically significant improvement in comfort interacting with adolescent patients, addressing confidentiality, and taking histories on sexuality, substance use, mental health, diet, and safety, whether they were the interviewer or observer. Residents that reported the teens taught them specific skills and concepts related to communication. A calculation of program costs demonstrated a 10-fold decrease in cost from traditional simulation patient encounters. Conclusion The Teen Acting Program was cost-effective and improved resident comfort with interviewing adolescents about sensitive topics, while giving adolescent actors experience honing their acting skills.
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- Joni A Hemond
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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Kokotailo PK, Baltag V, Sawyer SM. Educating and Training the Future Adolescent Health Workforce. J Adolesc Health 2018; 62:511-524. [PMID: 29472128 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.11.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Unprecedented attention is now focused on adolescents with growing appreciation of their disease burden and of the opportunities of investing in adolescent health. New investments are required to build the technical capacity for policy, programming, research, and clinical care across the world, especially in resource-poor settings where most adolescents live. Strategies to educate and train the future workforce are needed. Competency-based education and training is the standard of education in preservice (undergraduate and postgraduate) health education and medical specialty training. Yet competency is difficult to quantify and standardize, as are the processes that underpin competency-based education and training. The primary objective of this review was to identify how quality education in adolescent health and medicine is determined. This information was used to inform the development of a conceptual framework for institutions teaching adolescent health, which can be used to assess the quality of teaching and learning and to monitor the implementation of these adolescent health competencies. Specific teaching modalities and assessment tools that have been used to teach adolescent health are described to exemplify how an educational program can be delivered and assessed. This framework is a step toward the development of a more adolescent-competent health workforce.
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- Patricia K Kokotailo
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
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- World Health Organization, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Gvozdenović E, Allaart CF, van der Heijde D, Ferraccioli G, Smolen JS, Huizinga TWJ, Landewé R. When rheumatologists report that they agree with a guideline, does this mean that they practise the guideline in clinical practice? Results of the International Recommendation Implementation Study (IRIS). RMD Open 2016; 2:e000221. [PMID: 27175294 PMCID: PMC4860861 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Introduction The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the treat-to-target (T2T) principles have been developed in order to improve the treatment outcome of patients with RA, and have received broad attention. It is not clear, though, whether these recommendations are indeed followed up in clinical practice. Objective To investigate if rheumatologists that report to agree with existing guidelines indeed follow them up in clinical practice. Methods The International Recommendation Implementation Study (IRIS) included 132 participating rheumatologists from 14 countries. Participating rheumatologists received a questionnaire measuring their awareness/commitment with the EULAR/T2T recommendations and followed a dedicated educational programme. Subsequently, they were asked to enrol 5–10 patients with new-onset RA in the online IRIS database and monitor disease activity and treatment for a period of 1–2 years. Four recommendations (3 from the EULAR recommendations and one from the T2T recommendations) were selected on the basis of testability, and analysed with regard to compliance by participating rheumatologists. Results In total, 72 of the 132 participating rheumatologists contributed 378 patients to the database. Of these participants, 70 (98%) agreed upfront with the recommendation that disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy should be started as soon as possible after diagnosis in every patient; 69 (96%) of the rheumatologists agreed with the recommendation that methotrexate (MTX) should be part of the first treatment strategy. When measuring the actual performance, it was found that the recommendation on early DMARD start was met in 253 (67%) of the recorded patients, and the recommendation on MTX in 225 (60%) of the recorded patients. Of the participants, 60 (83%) agreed that composite measures should be recorded regularly, but only in 134(54%) of the patients were composite scores actually recorded in ≥50% of patient visits. Conclusion Reporting to be compliant with EULAR recommendations and T2T principles, even after dedicated education does not mean they actually comply with it in clinical practice.
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- Emilia Gvozdenović
- Department of Rheumatology , Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology , Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology , Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology , on behalf of GISEA, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart , Rome , Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Rheumatology , Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , The Netherlands
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- Rheumatology Department , Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam & Atrium Medical Center , Heerlen , The Netherlands
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Leahy D, Schaffalitzky E, Armstrong C, Bury G, Cussen-Murphy P, Davis R, Dooley B, Gavin B, Keane R, Keenan E, Latham L, Meagher D, McGorry P, McNicholas F, O'Connor R, O'Dea E, O'Keane V, O'Toole TP, Reilly E, Ryan P, Sanci L, Smyth BP, Cullen W. Primary care and youth mental health in Ireland: qualitative study in deprived urban areas. BMC FAMILY PRACTICE 2013; 14:194. [PMID: 24341616 PMCID: PMC3880165 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background Mental disorders account for six of the 20 leading causes of disability worldwide with a very high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in youth aged 15–24 years. However, healthcare professionals are faced with many challenges in the identification and treatment of mental and substance use disorders in young people (e.g. young people’s unwillingness to seek help from healthcare professionals, lack of training, limited resources etc.) The challenge of youth mental health for primary care is especially evident in urban deprived areas, where rates of and risk factors for mental health problems are especially common. There is an emerging consensus that primary care is well placed to address mental and substance use disorders in young people especially in deprived urban areas. This study aims to describe healthcare professionals’ experience and attitudes towards screening and early intervention for mental and substance use disorders among young people (16–25 years) in primary care in deprived urban settings in Ireland. Methods The chosen method for this qualitative study was inductive thematic analysis which involved semi-structured interviews with 37 healthcare professionals from primary care, secondary care and community agencies at two deprived urban centres. Results We identified three themes in respect of interventions to increase screening and treatment: (1) Identification is optimised by a range of strategies, including raising awareness, training, more systematic and formalised assessment, and youth-friendly practices (e.g. communication skills, ensuring confidentiality); (2) Treatment is enhanced by closer inter-agency collaboration and training for all healthcare professionals working in primary care; (3) Ongoing engagement is enhanced by motivational work with young people, setting achievable treatment goals, supporting transition between child and adult mental health services and recognising primary care’s longitudinal nature as a key asset in promoting treatment engagement. Conclusions Especially in deprived areas, primary care is central to early intervention for youth mental health. Identification, treatment and continuing engagement are likely to be enhanced by a range of strategies with young people, healthcare professionals and systems. Further research on youth mental health and primary care, including qualitative accounts of young people’s experience and developing complex interventions that promote early intervention are priorities. (350 words)
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- Dorothy Leahy
- Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
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Duncan RE, Young MA. Tricky teens: are they really tricky or do genetic health professionals simply require more training in adolescent health? Per Med 2013; 10:589-600. [PMID: 29776191 DOI: 10.2217/pme.13.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Providing health services to young people poses specific challenges as a consequence of their unique developmental stage. In the field of genetics, providing developmentally appropriate care can be further complicated by the familial nature of genetic information. Several fields of medicine have developed specific guidance around how best to work with adolescent patients. No such advice exists in the field of clinical genetics or genetic counseling. It is time for the field of genetics to address this aspect of practice through development of a specific adolescent-friendly model of care. Without such a model, the field risks falling behind other medical specialties and adolescents who visit genetic health professionals are at risk of missing out on best possible care.
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- Rony E Duncan
- Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Level 2, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. .,Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010, Australia
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- Peter MacCallam Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, 3002, Australia
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Connolly D, Leahy D, Bury G, Gavin B, McNicholas F, Meagher D, O'Kelly FD, Wiehe P, Cullen W. Can general practice help address youth mental health? A retrospective cross-sectional study in Dublin's south inner city. Early Interv Psychiatry 2012; 6:332-40. [PMID: 22741597 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2012.00367.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS With general practice potentially having an important role in early intervention of mental and substance use disorders among young people, we aim to explore this issue by determining the prevalence of psychological problems and general practice/health service utilization among young people attending general practice. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study of patients attending three general practices in Dublin city. RESULTS Among a sample of young people (mostly women, 44% general medical services (GMS) eligible), we observed considerable contact with general practice, both lifetime and for the 2 years of the study. The mean consultation rate was 3.9 consultations in 2 years and psychosocial issues (most commonly stress/anxiety and depression) were documented in 35% of cases. Identification of psychosocial issues was associated with GMS eligibility, three or more doctor consultations, and documentation of smoking and drinking status. CONCLUSIONS Psychosocial issues are common among young people attending general practice and more work on their epidemiology and further identification in general practice are advocated.
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- UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Dublin, UK
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Cullen W, Broderick N, Connolly D, Meagher D. What is the role of general practice in addressing youth mental health? A discussion paper. Ir J Med Sci 2011; 181:189-97. [PMID: 21935738 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-011-0757-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mental and substance use disorders are a leading cause of morbidity among young people. Policy and clinical services in Ireland are endeavouring to address these twin issues. AIMS To review the emerging literature on the role of general practice in addressing youth mental health and to discuss the implications of this literature for further research, education and service delivery. METHODS We conducted a review of 'PubMed' and a web search of relevant national/international primary/mental healthcare agencies and professional bodies. RESULTS Although general practice has an important role in addressing youth mental health, there are challenges in how young people seek help. Specifically, young people do not engage with healthcare agencies and many factors which act as barriers and enablers in this regard have been identified. The detection and treatment of mental and substance use disorders by GPs can be improved and implementing interventions to improve screening and early intervention are likely to be valuable. CONCLUSIONS General practice is a central agency in addressing youth mental health and complex multifaceted interventions (education, clinical guidelines, and promoting awareness) are likely to support its role. Further research exploring this issue is a priority.
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- W Cullen
- Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
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