Education & Training for Health Care Professionals
FL DOH CMS FLY2AT Professional Course
This free course was intricately developed by the Florida Department of Health, Title V CYSHCN program (Children’s Medical Service) and introduces youth-to-adult transition concepts and resources for all who support youth, young adults, and their families during their transition to adult systems of care. The course is made up of four (4) modules that can be completed in any order. Once all modules are completed, the user is granted one (1) service hour and a Certificate of Completion for the course. Please use the “sign in” button to create a user account to get started.
Continuing Education Courses
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN) is offering a free online one-hour CME course on health care transition. The one-hour CME features the experiences of physicians in busy pediatric, family medicine, and internal medicine practices in the District of Columbia who successfully implemented the Six Core Elements using quality improvement methodologies. The course was developed in collaboration with The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition, HSCSN, and the DC Department of Health.
- Course on Transition to Adult Care: Services for Children and Youth with Special Health-Care Needs Texas Health Steps
Disability Curricula
- Toolkit for Primary Care Providers- Heath Care For Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- AAMC: Making Care Safer for Sick Kids at Home
- AAMC: Caring for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Other Resources
- In 2018, the AAP, AAFP, and ACP updated their original 2011 clinical report on health care transition. This updated clinical report, “Supporting the Health Care Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood in the Medical Home,” provides new practice-based quality improvement guidance on key elements of transition: planning, transfer, and integration into adult care. It also includes new recommendations pertaining to infrastructure, education and training, payment, and research.
- Transition From Pediatric to Adult Care: Internists’ Perspectives (Pediatrics, 2009)
- Adolescent with Chronic Illness (Burns et al.)
- The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
