Special Care Optimization for Patients and Education (SCOPE): Training Pediatric Residents About Children With Special Health Care Needs

Children with special health care needs.

Patients with special health care needs in pediatric dental practices.

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to determine the involvement of pediatric dentists in practice in managing patients with special health care needs (SCHN) upon completion of training. METHODS A questionnaire was developed, pilot tested, modified and sent to a randomly selected sample of 950 pediatric dentists in practice who were active and fellow members of the American Academy of Ped...

Coordination of care for children with special health care needs.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Coordination of care is an essential function of pediatric primary care, needed most by children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Although complex, its necessity has become better recognized with the recent increase in attention in the United States to the comprehensive "medical home" model of care. RECENT FINDINGS Coordination is highly dependent on effective communi...

Transition care for children with special health care needs.

BACKGROUND Approximately 750,000 children in the United States with special health care needs will transition from pediatric to adult care annually. Fewer than half receive adequate transition care. METHODS We had conversations with key informants representing clinicians who provide transition care, pediatric and adult providers of services for individuals with special health care needs, poli...

Identifying what pediatric residents are taught about children and youth with special health care needs and the medical home.

OBJECTIVE To describe what and how pediatric residents in Massachusetts are taught about children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and the medical home. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS Faculty members and residents at Massachusetts' 5 pediatric residency programs were interviewed to identify current curricula and teaching methods related to care of CYSHCN. In addition, residents wer...