The AMA residency training in adolescent preventive services project: report of the working group

The development and pilot-testing of a training curriculum in adolescent medicine and health

“…It illustrates the feasibility of using a 'large-scale' approach to the development of a training facility [36] that involved specialists from fourteen different countries.…”

“…The work was supported by consultants, whose expertise relating to specific topics or to the whole project has been requested as needed. The process was iterative, like the one recently used for the development of the AMA Residency Training in Adolescent Preventive Services [36]. However, unlike this latter initiative, EuTEACH focuses on curative as well as preventive services.…”

Internal medicine residents' perceived preparedness in provision of preventive health counselling to adolescent patients

“…To develop our survey, we reviewed the literature and found only one peer-reviewed publication outlining suggestions for residency training in adolescent medicine: The American Medical Association (AMA) Residency Training in Adolescent Preventive Services Project, 28 which contains 16 goals for training in adolescent medicine in any primary care residency. We also reviewed the Adolescent Medicine section of the Federated Council for Internal Medicine (FCIM) Task Force on Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum's Resource Guide 29 that outlines 16 topics and skills for use in curriculum development.…”

“…Survey topics were chosen from goals outlined by the AMA and FCIM. 28,29 For the purposes of the survey, an adolescent was considered as anyone 16-21 years of age, as most internists do not care for patients under 16 years of age. Adolescent medicine experts define adolescence as occurring between the ages of 10 and 21, based on the psychosocial development phases experienced between these ages.…”

“…Item content validity was established through the use of topics published in the FCIM Resource Guide and The AMA Residency Training in Adolescent Preventive Services Project publication. 28,29 Face validity was established through pilot testing on four general internal medicine fellows.…”