Adolescent Medicine

Resources covering adolescent-specific clinical care: transition planning, gender-affirming care, sports physicals, concussion, confidentiality. Pairs with Preventive — Bright Futures for routine well-visit content.

Pediatric → adult transition

• Got Transition (Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition 3.0) — HRSA-funded framework specifically for Med-Peds practice; tools for pediatric, adult, and family-medicine practices.
• AAP / AAFP / ACP Clinical Report — Health Care Transitions for Youth — White et al, Pediatrics 2018; joint society policy.
• Got Transition — Sample Transition Policy — printable template clinics can adapt.

Gender-affirming care

• WPATH Standards of Care, Version 8 — peer-reviewed in Int J Transgend Health 2022; the global reference.
• Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline — Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons — Hembree et al, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2017.
• UCSF Guidelines for Primary and Gender-Affirming Care — Center of Excellence for Transgender Health; practical primary-care protocols.
• AAP Policy Statement — Ensuring Comprehensive Care for Transgender & Gender-Diverse Children — Rafferty et al, Pediatrics 2018.

Sports & pre-participation physical

• Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation, 5th Ed (PPE) — AAP / AHA / AMSSM / AAFP / AOSSM / ACSM joint monograph; the standard sports physical reference.
• AHA 14-Element Pre-Participation Cardiovascular Screening — Maron et al, Circulation 2014; the cardiac-focused PPE checklist.
• Bethesda Conference Eligibility Recommendations for Athletes with Cardiovascular Abnormalities — task force statements on return-to-play with structural heart disease.

Concussion / TBI

• CDC HEADS UP — Clinician resources — pediatric mild TBI clinical guideline + training modules.
• CDC Pediatric mTBI Guideline (2018) — Lumba-Brown et al, JAMA Pediatrics; evidence-based diagnosis and management.
• SCAT6 (Sport Concussion Assessment Tool, 6th edition) — 2023 Concussion in Sport Group consensus; BJSM open access.
• Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE) — CDC — printable office tool for initial concussion assessment.

Confidentiality & consent

• Guttmacher — State Policies on Minors’ Consent to Care — state-by-state matrix for STI, contraception, mental health, substance use, and abortion consent rules.
• SAHM Position Paper — Confidentiality in Adolescent Health Care — Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine position paper.
• AAP Confidentiality in Adolescent Care (Pediatric Care Online) — AAP Bright Futures companion guidance.

Adolescent-specific screening

• HEEADSSS Psychosocial Interview Framework — Home, Education/Employment, Eating, Activities, Drugs, Sexuality, Suicide/depression, Safety; standard psychosocial intake.
• Screening tools — adolescent-specific instruments — PHQ-A, CRAFFT, SCOFF, M-CHAT, Vanderbilt, C-SSRS.

Society resources

• Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) — position papers and clinical resources for adolescent + young-adult care.
• National Med-Peds Residents’ Association — career-stage Med-Peds resources, including transition curricula.