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Houston/Galveston,
TX
Medical Home
Training Program - October 25, 2003
Target Audience | Course
Objectives |State Resource Info | Schedule | Faculty
Overview
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Shriners Hospitals
for Children will offer its Every Child Deserves a Medical Home Training
Program in Houston, Texas on October 25, 2003. The program aims to support
pediatric health care providers, children with special health care needs and
their families, and communities interested in the well being of these special
needs children in a changing health care environment.
Target
Audience
The target audience includes pediatric
health professionals and their staff, other professionals,
families of children with special needs, managed care
professionals, policy makers, community members, and
and other child advocates who care for children with
special needs.
Course
Objectives
General pediatricians, family physicians,
pediatric subspecialists, and other pediatric health
care professionals, nurses, pediatric office staff,
community resources, and parents of children with special
needs are invited to participate in the course. Upon
completion of this course, participants will be able
to:
- Explain the elements of the medical home concept
as applied to their practice environment or child's
care;
- Discuss practical strategies for helping parents,
providers, and young people transition to adult
independence, health care with funding, and work;
- Describe practical strategies to translate the
concept of Medical Home for CSHCN into office or
clinic practices sensitive to the needs of CSHCN
and their families;
- Identify resources available to CSHCN and their
families and strategies for coordinating care and
promoting interagency collaboration;
- Discuss current issues in managed care coverage
and reimbursement as they relate to the Medical
Home for CSHCN and transition to adult health care.
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State
Resource Information
Click here to find out about State
Initiatives and Medical Home activities in Texas.
Schedule
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Time
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Sessions
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7:00-8:00
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Registration/Resource Tables/Breakfast
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8:10-8:30
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Welcome
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8:30-9:15
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Common Elements
This opening session provides an overview of the medical home approach
to quality, comprehensive health care for children with special needs,
and begin to outline the ethical principles involved with this pediatric
approach.
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9:15-9:30
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Break/Change of Rooms
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9:30-10:45
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Breakout sessions A, B, C, D or E
A. Practices, Policies and Procedures
Practical strategies to implement medical homes into practice will be discussed.
B. Family-Professional Partnership
The common elements of family-centered care and strategies to develop family-professional
partnerships will be discussed.
C. Transitioning Children and Youth to Adulthood
Understanding transition related issues and strategies for advancing children
and youth to adulthood.
D. Comprehensive, Coordinated, Collaborative Care
Strategies for coordinating care, working with community based resources,
and collaborating with specialists and allied health professionals will
be discussed.
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10:45-11:00
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Break/Change of Rooms
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11:00-12:15
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Breakout sessions A, B, C, or D
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12:15-1:30
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Lunch Break/Resource Tables/Tours of Shriners Hospital
Focus Group on TX Legislature
and how one can be an advocate.
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Breakout sessions A, B, C, or D
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2:45-3:00
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Break/Resource Tables
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3:00-4:15
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Closing Session
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4:15-4:30
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Closing and Evaluations
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Faculty
Common Elements:
- Sally Robinson, MD, FAAP
- Brad Thompson, MA
- Karen Thompson, MA
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Practices,
Policies, and Procedures:
- Grace Villarreal, MD, FAAP
- Eve Cugini
- Gloria Stafford
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Transitions:
- Albert Hergenroeder, MD,
FAAP
- Anne Calvo
- Sylvia Smith, LSW
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Comprehensive,
Coordinated, Collaborative Care:
- Raymond Turner, MA, LMSW-AP
- Maria Garcia, MEd
- Kimberly Sporrer
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Focus
group on TX legislature and how one can be an advocate:
- Colleen Horton, MPAFF
- Susan Murphree
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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.
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