Home Adolescent health care education and training: insights from Israel
Article
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

Adolescent health care education and training: insights from Israel

  • Nogah C. Kerem EMAIL logo and Daniel Hardoff
Published/Copyright: June 24, 2016

Abstract

There is a growing need for health care professionals to extend their knowledge in adolescent health care. Formal training curricula in adolescent medicine have been established in the United States, Canada, and Australia, yet many other countries have developed shorter training programs to enable interested physicians to further pursue knowledge and practical experience in delivering improved quality health care for adolescents. The Israeli experience in building an infrastructure that allows students and physicians to learn about adolescent medicine and to train in the field is described. It includes a series of lectures and seminars for medical students during medical school and at the clinical rotations in pediatric wards; the development of hospital-based and community-based multidisciplinary adolescent health services where residents can practice adolescent health care; a 3-year diploma course in adolescent medicine for specialists in pediatrics and family medicine; mini courses in adolescent medicine for pediatricians and family practitioners working in community settings; and a simulated patient-based program regarding communication with adolescents, aimed for all professional levels – medical students, residents, and specialists. This infrastructure has been developed to create a leading group of physicians, who are able to operate adolescent clinics and to teach adolescent medicine. Recently, a formal fellowship program in adolescent medicine has been approved by the Scientific Council of the Israel Medical Association. The Israeli experience described here could be applied in countries, where formal training programs in adolescent health care are not yet established.


Corresponding author: Nogah C. Kerem, MD, Adolescent Medicine Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

References

1. Hardoff D, Eisenstein E. Adolescent medicine with a 100 years perspective. Int J Adolesc Med Health 2004;16:293–302.10.1515/IJAMH.2004.16.4.293Search in Google Scholar

2. Silber TJ. Adolescent medicine: the development of a new specialty. Adolescence 1980;15:495–500.Search in Google Scholar

3. Bennett DL, Eisenstein E. Adolescent health in a globalised world: a picture of health inequalities. Adolesc Med State Art Rev 2001;12:411–26.Search in Google Scholar

4. Viner RM. Do adolescent inpatient wards make a difference? Findings from a national young patient survey. Pediatrics 2007;120:749–55.10.1542/peds.2006-3293Search in Google Scholar

5. Klein D, Mehta K. Training in adolescent health: how much have second-year residents had? Can Fam Physician 2006;52:980–1.Search in Google Scholar

6. Korczak DJ, MacArthur C, Katzman DK. Canadian pediatric residents’ experience and level of comfort with adolescent gynecological health care. J Adolesc Health 2006;38:57–9.10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.11.131Search in Google Scholar

7. Kraus B, Stronski S, Michaud PA. Training needs in adolescent medicine of practicing doctors: a Swiss national survey of six disciplines. Med Educ 2003;37:709–14.10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01565.xSearch in Google Scholar

8. Fadia SA, Tina MO. Advancing adolescent health and health services in Saudi Arabia: exploring health care providers’ training, interests and perceptions of the health-care needs of young people. Adv Med Educ Pract 2014;5:281–7.Search in Google Scholar

9. International Association for Adolescent Health. Available at: www.iaah.org.Search in Google Scholar

10. Blum R, Smith M. Training of health professionals in adolescent health care. J Adolesc Health 1988;9:46S–50S.10.1016/0197-0070(88)90009-5Search in Google Scholar

11. Elster AB, Kuznets, NJ, editors. AMA guidelines for adolescent preventive services (GAPS): recommendations and rationale. Baltimore, MD: Williams Wilkins, 1994.Search in Google Scholar

12. Goldenring JM, Cohen E. Getting into adolescents heads. Contemp Pediatr 1988;7:75–90.Search in Google Scholar

13. Sanci L, Glover S, Coffey C. Adolescent health education programmes: theoretical principles in design and delivery. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2003;32:78–85.Search in Google Scholar

14. Sanci LA, Coffey CMM, Veit FCM, Carr-Gregg M, Patton GC, Day N, Bowes G. Evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational intervention for general practitioners in adolescent health care: randomised controlled trial. Br Med J 2000;320:224–30.10.1136/bmj.320.7229.224Search in Google Scholar

15. Sanci L, Coffey C, Patton G, Bowes G. Sustainability of change with quality general practitioner education in adolescent health: a five year follow-up. Med Educ 2005;39:557–60.10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02172.xSearch in Google Scholar

16. Bravender T. Teaching adolescent medicine in the office setting. Curr Opin Pediatr 2002;14:389–94.10.1097/00008480-200208000-00005Search in Google Scholar

17. Djuricich AM. Teaching medical residents about teenagers: an introductory curriculum in adolescent medicine. Acad Med 2002;77:745–6.10.1097/00001888-200207000-00034Search in Google Scholar

18. Knight JR, Frazer CH, Goodman E, Blaschke GS, Bravender TD, et al. Development of a bright futures curriculum for pediatric residents. Ambul Pediatr 2001;1:136–40.10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0136:DOABFC>2.0.CO;2Search in Google Scholar

19. Lustig JL, Ozer EM, Adams SH, Wibblesman CJ, Fuster CD, et al. Improving the delivery of adolescent clinical preventive services through skills-based training. Pediatrics 2001;107:1100–7.10.1542/peds.107.5.1100Search in Google Scholar PubMed

20. Katzman DK. Adolescent medicine: a new pediatric subspecialty in Canada. Society Adolesc Med Newsletter 2007;19:2.10.1093/pch/13.1.12Search in Google Scholar PubMed PubMed Central

21. Department of Health. National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: core standards. London: Department Health, 2004.Search in Google Scholar

22. Royal college of paediatrics and child health. Available at: www.rcpch.ac.uk/ahp.Search in Google Scholar

23. European traning in effective adolescent care and health. Available at: www.euteach.com.Search in Google Scholar

24. Michaud PA, Stronski S, Fonseca H, Macfarlane A. EuTEACH Working Group. The development and pilot-testing of a training curriculum in adolescent medicine and health. J Adolesc Health 2004;35:51–7.Search in Google Scholar

25. Central Bureau of Statistics. Statistical abstracts of Israel 2014, Chapter 2 – population. Jerusalem: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2015.Search in Google Scholar

26. University of Southern California Student Affairs. Available at: www2.aap.org/pubserv/PSVpreview/pages/Files/HEADSS.pdf.Search in Google Scholar

27. Neinstein LS, editor. Adolescent health care: a practical guide, 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Willliams Wilkins, 2008.Search in Google Scholar

28. Ziv A, Erez D, Munz Y, Vardi A, Barsuk D, et al. The Israel Center for medical simulation: a paradigm for cultural change in medical education. Acad Med 2006;81:1091–7.10.1097/01.ACM.0000246756.55626.1bSearch in Google Scholar PubMed

29. Blake K, Greaven S. Adolescent girls as simulators of medical illness. Med Educ 1999;33:702–3.10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00506.xSearch in Google Scholar PubMed

30. Blake K, Vincent N, Wakefield S, Murphy J, Mann K, et al. A structured communication adolescent guide (SCAG): assessment of reliability and validity. Med Educ 2005;39: 482–91.10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02123.xSearch in Google Scholar PubMed

31. Payne D, Martin C, Viner R, Skinner R. Adolescent medicine in paediatric practice. Arch Dis Childh 2005;90:1133–7.10.1136/adc.2005.080747Search in Google Scholar PubMed PubMed Central

32. Issenberg SB, McGaghie WC, Hart IR, Mayer JW, Felner JM, et al. Simulation technology for health care professional skills training and assessment. J Am Med Assoc 1999;282:861–6.10.1001/jama.282.9.861Search in Google Scholar PubMed

33. Hardoff D, Ziv A. Simulated-patient-based educational programs for improvement of physicians’ communication skills with adolescents: a 7-year experience at the Israel Center for Medical Simulation. Harefuah 2011;150:314–7.Search in Google Scholar

34. Farfel A, Hardoff D, Afek A, Ziv A. The effect of a simulated-patient-based educational program on medical encounters’ quality at military recruitment centers. Israel Med Assoc J 2010;12:216–20.Search in Google Scholar

Received: 2015-1-10
Accepted: 2015-3-1
Published Online: 2016-6-24
Published in Print: 2016-8-1

©2016 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorials
  3. Adolescent health and medicine: a global perspective on training adolescent health professionals
  4. Adolescent medicine and health: a good investment
  5. Reviews
  6. The status of adolescent medicine: building a global adolescent workforce
  7. Accreditation of Adolescent Medicine as a pediatric sub-specialty: the Canadian experience and lessons learned
  8. Adolescent and young adult medicine in Australia and New Zealand: towards specialist accreditation
  9. The foundations of interdisciplinary fellowship training in adolescent medicine in the United States
  10. A different training model for adolescent medicine: a PhD program in Turkey, where adolescent medicine is not currently a sub-specialty at this stage
  11. LEAH interdisciplinary training program
  12. The globalization of training in adolescent health and medicine: one size does not fit all
  13. Opportunities and challenges in adolescent health training abroad: trainees’ experience and perspective
  14. Training international medical graduate clinical fellows: the challenges and opportunities for adolescent medicine programs
  15. Adolescent health in South America
  16. Adolescent health care education and training: insights from Israel
  17. Adolescent health in Asia: insights from Singapore
  18. Adolescent health in Asia: insights from Thailand
  19. Adolescent health in Asia: insights from India
  20. Adolescent health in the Caribbean region: insights from the Jamaican experience
  21. The health of Swiss adolescents and its implications for training of health professionals in Switzerland
  22. The role of Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine in training of health professionals
Downloaded on 6.10.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijamh-2016-5014/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button