Family Medicine Adolescent Case
Activity
e-Learning Module
Understand when you have to report relationships to the child protection authorities. Understand issues around consent and confidentiality for adolescent patients in Canada. STI Screening and Treatment. Create a plan of how you would counsel an adolescent patient on STI prevention and treatment. What are the risks associated with STIs during pregnancy, and how would your education on STI Prevention and treatment change if your patient is pregnant? Prenatal Care. Know the safest pain medications to use during pregnancy (e.g. for headache). Headache: Differentiate the symptoms into mild versus severe in your approach. What are other important components of prenatal care, especially suited to primary care? (Immunizations, STI screening, etc.) Develop an approach to screening for substance use in pregnant patients, and how to explain risks specific to the substance being used. Mood Disorders in Adolescents. Understand the use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in detecting depression and anxiety in the antenatal and postnatal period. What risk factors in adolescent pregnancy make pre-term labour more likely? What validated tools exist for screening for depression and anxiety screening in adolescents? How would this differ if the patient were pregnant?

Curriculum Block

Clerkship / Family Medicine Rotation
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Tags

Curriculum Block
Clerkship Family Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Family medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology Psychiatry
MCC Presentations
Confidentiality Consent Contraception Headache Intrapartum and Postpartum Care Preterm Labour The Well Child and Adolescent
MeSH
Neisseria gonorrhoeae [B03.440.400.425.550.550.474] Adolescent Behavior [F01.145.022] Adolescent Psychiatry [F04.096.544.065] Adolescent [M01.060.057] Chlamydia trachomatis [B03.440.190.190.190.750] Chlamydia [B03.440.190.190.190] Confidentiality [N03.706.437.650.124] Contraception [E02.875.194] Headache [C10.597.617.470] Informed Consent By Minors [N03.706.437.650.312.500] Informed Consent [N03.706.437.650.312] Mood Disorders [F03.600] Obstetric Labor, Premature [C13.703.420.491] Pregnancy in Adolescence [G08.686.784.769.494] Sexually Transmitted Diseases [C02.800] Sexually Transmitted Diseases [C13.351.500.711]