Overview: Many child health professionals are not familiar and/or comfortable partnering with the family and/or community and with their role in assessing family and community strengths during the health care visit. Building an effective partnership with a family (or community) can be a powerful tool in promoting and conveying health messages, reducing disparities in care, and developing realistic treatment or follow-up goals. In the context of health maintenance, partnership building promotes child wellness and is an essential ingredient for family satisfaction with care. The purpose of this module is to introduce learners to a series of partnership building strategies in the context of Bright Futures. It focuses on oral health; however, the strategies presented can be adapted to other child health issues.
Objectives: After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Define partnership building and other key terms
- Articulate the benefits of partnering with families to promote children's oral health, identify concerns and implement solutions
- Apply key Bright Futures oral health strategies and the Six Step Approach for effective partnership building during the office visit
Length: This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Learning Activities: To complete this online module, you must read text on the screen and link to resources provided for your review. The module includes video and/or audio clips to enhance learning, as well as Self-assessments and/or Progress Checks that will help you identify areas of understanding. An online "Journal" is available for you to (1) record your personal responses to reflective questions designed to enhance your comprehension of the content and (2) provide a place where you can take notes. In addition, there is a centralized online "Briefcase" for you to save items that you would like to access later. At the end of the module you will be directed to an evaluation.
Accreditation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity carries 0.5 contact hours.
Registration: The content on Pediatrics in Practice is accessible at no charge to registered users only, with a small charge if you wish to receive credit. Free registration provides you with unlimited access to all resources and interactive instruction found on this website. Registration also ensures you can interrupt an activity and resume it at a later time. In addition, your registration helps us to understand usage patterns so we can continually improve the Pediatrics in Practice experience. |
