Adolescent Medicine: Back to the Basics Yolanda Wimberly, MD, MSc, FAAP Program Director

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Adolescent Medicine Back to the Basics Yolanda
Wimberly, MD, MSc, FAAP Program Director
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How to Interview the Adolescent

• Do you need a chaperone when examining an
  adolescent?
• What age do you need to begin to interview
  adolescents alone?
• Does the parent have to leave the room?
• What is confidential in the interview?
• Is there a difference with the interview when
  the adolescent is inpatient?

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Adolescents and the Law

• What are the consent and confidentiality
  laws for adolescents?
• What if the parent asks me to disclose
  information?
• What if I want to disclose info to a parent but
  the adolescent does not want me to?

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What do I do? !!

• What questions do I have to ask?
• What type of exam is required for adolescents?
• What screens should be done with adolescents-
  CBC, Urine STD etc?
• Do I have to see adolescents?
• What if my personal beliefs conflict- what do I
  do?