Today’s health professionals face intense pressures to provide health care for increasing numbers of children and their families, including many with complex medical and behavioral problems. In today’s health care environment, time management skills are essential tools for providing effective health supervision.
Purpose: Introduce learners to overall time management principles, describe time-saving strategies at the individual and systems level, and demonstrate health promotion techniques through a five-step Bright Futures model for integrating effective time management techniques into health supervision.
Objectives: After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Apply the five-step Time Management model.
- Prioritize goals for the health visit.
- Explain the role of collaboration and partnership when setting priorities for the health visit.
- Use the Bright Futures Encounter Forms for Families as a time management tool to identify family needs and concerns, help the family prepare for the health visit, and provide guidance on important health topics.
- Use the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Well Child Visit Documentation Forms as an effective time management tool.
Length: This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
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