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Teaching High School Seniors About Transitioning To Adult Healthcare, Christine Clune, Teresa Hickam, Adrienne Olney Jan 2018

Teaching High School Seniors About Transitioning To Adult Healthcare, Christine Clune, Teresa Hickam, Adrienne Olney

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This poster describes an educational intervention consisting of two classroom sessions to teach high school seniors how to successfully transition to adult care. Topics covered included the ability to fill out medical forms, when to contact one's doctor and where to get medical care when the doctor's office is closed, how health care privacy changes at age 18, the need for health insurance, the need to keep medical records, etc.