In partnership with the Maternity, Child, Youth
and Paediatrics Unit in the New South Wales Ministry of Health, the
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), has developed an online course
around Youth Friendly Consultation Skills.
The online course aims to assist participants to:
- assess youth health problems in line with the
adolescent's stage of development
- conduct a youth friendly consultation, including
explaining confidentiality, negotiating to see a young person alone, and using
youth friendly communication skills
- perform a health risk assessment using the HEEADSSS
psychosocial screening tool
The module is presented by Clinical Professor David Bennett (Adolescent
Physician), an adolescent health physician with a major interest in the
development of integrated, creative health services for young people and their
families.