Evaluating the Educational Impact of Telehealth on Adolescent Medicine Trainees: a Qualitative Approach.

Purpose Of Review: Telehealth has been swiftly incorporated into clinical practice since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with limited understanding of how it affects trainees' educational experiences. Our study evaluates the impact of telehealth on clinical education in pediatric and Adolescent Medicine trainees during the pandemic.

Recent Findings: Previous literature on telehealth focused on provider and patient perceptions in addition to clinical education for students, though none has evaluated the experiences of medical residents and fellows in Adolescent Medicine.

The Impact of Telehealth on Clinical Education in Adolescent Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Positive Preliminary Findings.

Following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of clinical care rapidly transitioned to telehealth, shifting the clinical training milieu for most trainees. In the wake of this shift, educators have attempted to keep learners engaged in patient care and optimize medical education as much as possible. There is, however, limited understanding of the effect of telehealth on clinical education.

Clinical Hypnosis, an Effective Mind-Body Modality for Adolescents with Behavioral and Physical Complaints.

Mind-body medicine is a system of health practices that includes meditation/relaxation training, guided imagery, hypnosis, biofeedback, yoga, art/music therapy, prayer, t'ai chi, and psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy. Clinical hypnosis is an important mind-body tool that serves as an adjunct to conventional medical care for the adolescent patient. Clinical hypnosis specifically uses self-directed therapeutic suggestions to cultivate the imagination and facilitate the mind-body connection, leading to positive emotional and physical well-being.

Approaches to the difficult patient/parent encounter.

Most pediatricians have experienced uneasy interactions involving patients and/or their parents. The majority of literature on this topic reflects encounters in adult medicine, without providing much information for pediatricians who also face this challenge. Unique to the pediatric approach is the added quotient of the parent/family dynamic.

Complementary and alternative medicine use and quality of life in pediatric diabetes.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to explore the association between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use as reported by youth, and parents' and children's reported quality of life in youth with diabetes.

Design: The study design was a cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Youth in Washington State participated in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study, a national, multisite epidemiological study designed to assess the prevalence and incidence of diabetes in U.

Primary care from infancy to adolescence.

The use of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies is increasing among well children and adolescents and in those children who have special health care needs. Integrative pediatrics, a holistic practice that includes an examined integration of CAM and conventional therapies, is ideally suited for primary care. This article describes how to integrate evidence-based CAM therapies for colic, atopy, ADHD, eating disorders, and other conditions commonly seen in primary care practice.

Alternative and complementary therapies.

The field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is broad and diverse, comprising numerous therapeutic modalities. CAM therapies are viewed as either an adjunct or a complement to conventional treatment. As of 1997, 64% of United States medical schools included elective or required CAM courses.

Natural contraception.

This article discusses some complementary and alternative medicine options for contraception, including natural family planning and plant-derived hormonal contraception. Primary care providers are crucial resources for advice and recommendations about these options. The discussion will include medical evidence to support or refute these methods, potential dangers of these interventions, and additional resources for those who want to learn more.

Factors related to school absenteeism in adolescents with recurrent headache.

Objective: To examine possible risk and protective factors for school absenteeism among adolescents referred to a hospital-based behavioral treatment program.

Design: Data obtained from intake interviews, screening questionnaires, and baseline headache diaries of 283 consecutive adolescents referred for behavioral treatment of recurrent headache were reviewed for demographics, length of headache history, headache type, current headache activity, symptoms of anxiety and depression, perceived self-efficacy regarding headache control, school performance, participation in extracurricular activities, and school absenteeism. The study population was divided into 2 groups at the median number of days missed due to headache in the previous 6 months that school was in session.

The adolescent traveler.

Oh, to travel again with the carefree attitude of the adolescent! Yet most readers will think that this enormous list of precautions would merit never letting the adolescent out of the house. The traveler and his or her provider can be reassured that with appropriate (and confidential) forethought, the journeys that lie ahead can be joyful and healthy. The bottom line? The more information obtained before travel both for the traveler and his or her family, the less morbidity will be incurred.