Developing A Transition Programme course for GPs
This session considers the key steps involved in the development of a transitional care programme for young people with long-term conditions and/or disabilities.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- List the different models of transition
- Describe the key components of a transitional care programme
- List what information needs to be transferred to the adult team
Before commencing this session you should complete the following AH sessions:
- 06_005 Transition from Child-centred to Adult-orientated Healthcare (401-0029)
- 06_006 Practical Approaches to Transition (401-0030)
Dr Janet E McDonagh is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology at the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research at University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant paediatric and adolescent Rheumatologist at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Her main clinical and research interests are in adolescent health and transitional care. She has a particular interest in models of care for adolescents with chronic conditions that support young people’s emerging capacity for self-management, that ensure appropriate health risk assessment, support transition to adult health care, adherence to treatment guidelines and engagement with other health care services.
She is a member of the Barbara Ansell National Network for Adolescent Rheumatology, convenor of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Young Person’s Special Interest Group, co-chair of the Royal College of Physicians Young Adult and Adolescent strategy group and is on the advisory council of the Association for Young People’s Health.
Dr McDonagh is also involved in the development of training for health professionals in adolescent medicine including her role as a trainer in the European Teaching Effective Adolescent Care and Health initiative
Clinically active with interests in adolescent health as Adolescent lead for development of adolescent services in UHCW and as a Community Paediatrician caring for teenagers with severe learning disability in the community setting and working with colleagues in the Learning Disability setting to facilitate transition. Member of the RCPCH Young people’s Health Special Interest Group.
Prior to her recent retirement Marcelle de Sousa was an Adolescent Nurse Specialist in the Adolescent Unit at University College Hospitals in London. She has been involved in transitioning young people to adult services since 1986 when she was a paediatric renal nurse. She was the chair of the Adolescent Health Forum of the RCN and the regional member of the London Board of the RCN. Marcelle has been a member of the Children’s Health Alliance Adolescent subgroup and was one of the Department of Health Transition Champions.
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