Overview

Developmentally appropriate care for young people covers the topics you need to know when helping patients with childhood-onset rheumatic disease, not just in the transition period, but throughout their care.
Date
30 March 2023
Venue
Crowne Plaza hotel, Leeds
CPD
5 credits
This course focuses on facilitating improvements in the care of young people, and is suitable for the entire multidisciplinary team in adult, paediatric and adolescent rheumatology.

The programme covers topics like how to discuss sensitive subjects, young adulthood as the forgotten third stage of transitional care, workshops on setting up a young adult service, and using the HEADS (Home, Education, Activities, Drugs, Sex, Suicide) assessment tool in clinics.

Objectives
    • Understand adolescent development and developmentally appropriate healthcare
    • Gain confidence and practical skills in communicating with adolescents and young adults 
    • Understand how to set up multi-disciplinary team adolescents and young adults services
    • Understand barriers to developmentally appropriate care, and adolescent and young adult care
    • Understand recent policy developments as they affect health care professionals and patients 

Pricing

Level 1

Consultant, allied specialty consultant, clinical academic and pharma representative

205
+VAT

Level 2

Rheumatology specialty trainee, foundation trainee, GP, non-clinical scientist, research fellow and specialty doctor

155
+VAT

Level 3

Allied health professional, nurse, charity representative, student and retired

115
+VAT

Level 1

Consultant, allied specialty consultant, clinical academic and pharma representative

310
+VAT

Level 2

Rheumatology specialty trainee, foundation trainee, GP, non-clinical scientist, research fellow and specialty doctor

230
+VAT

Level 3

Allied health professional, nurse, charity representative, student and retired

175
+VAT

2023 draft programme

Morning

09:00-13:45

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:00-09:20

Registration

09:20 - 09:30

Welcome

Sameena Khalid and Rachel Tattersall

09:30-10:15

Young adulthood – the forgotten 3rd stage of transition

Albert Farre

10:15 - 11:00

Discussing sensitive things with young people – a practical approach

Rachel Macqueen

11:00 - 11:15

Break

11:15 - 11:30

Film by young people: nothing about us without us

11:30 - 12:45

Workshop - Communicating with young people: Understanding the teenager brains and using HEADS in clinic

Maria Forsythe, Rosie Waller, Sheunesu Mukaro, Sameena Khalid, Jenny Edgerton, Cath Wright, Verna Cuthbert and Rachel Tattersall

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch

Afternoon

13:45 - 17:00

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

13:45 - 14:45

Update on policy: what's new in transition?

Sameena Khalid and Louise Porter

14:45 - 15:30

Involving young people in your service

Cath Wright and young people

15:30 - 15:45

Break

15:45 - 16:45

Workshop - practical approach to 

Setting up a service

Rosie Waller and Rachel Tattersall

Therapy delivered session

Verna Cuthbert +TBC

Juvenile dermatomyositis in adults - life course approach in action

Liza McCann and Sameena Khalid

16:45 - 17:00

Closing session - summary

Rachel Tattersall and Sameena Khalid

Bursary

If you're a trainee or allied health professional member, apply for an education bursary for this course; you could access funding to go towards the cost of the registration fee, travel and accommodation.

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