Virtual Office Hour Session Recordings: Telehealth

Virtual Office Hour Sessions are 30-minute webinars where attendees have the opportunity to participate in an interactive Question and Answer session following a presentation conducted by subject matter experts. This series is being offered as part of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau-funded AAP initiative, “Supporting Providers and Families to Access Telehealth and Distant Care Services for Pediatric Care.”

Below, you will find a list of all the previously recorded Virtual Office Hour session recordings. Click on the title of that session to view the recording.

Session Recordings

Unique Considerations for Caring for LGBTQ+ Adolescents via Telehealth

Pediatrician Tonya Chaffee and child and adolescent psychiatrist Christopher Bellonci discuss unique considerations for providing care to LGBTQ+ adolescents via telehealth. Presenters walk through a case example and discuss specific strategies that pediatric clinicians can use to prepare their practice, preserve confidentiality and create a welcoming and affirming virtual environment for LGBTQ+ adolescent patients.

Strategies for Integrating Telehealth for Mental Health Follow-up in Pediatric Primary Care

Pediatrician Cori Green, MD, MSc, FAAP and child and adolescent psychiatrist Elise Fallucco, MD, DFAACAP discuss opportunities to integrate telehealth for mental health follow-up in pediatric primary care. The presenters walk through a case example of a patient with depressive symptoms and discuss specific strategies that pediatric clinicians can use to respond to common mental health concerns, as well as the role that telehealth can play in caring for mental health of children, adolescents and families.

Using Telehealth to Improve Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Adolescents

Pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist Maria Trent, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM discusses important considerations for providing sexual and reproductive health care for adolescents in a telehealth environment. Dr Trent discusses practical strategies that pediatric clinicians can use to protect confidentiality, facilitate hybrid visits and plan for various scenarios that could arise during a telehealth visit. 

Considerations for Safety and Suicidality in a Telehealth Environment

Pediatrician and addiction medicine specialist Lucien Gonzalez, MD, MS, FAAP and child and adolescent psychiatrist Elise Fallucco, MD, DFAACAP discuss important considerations for safety and suicidality in a telehealth environment.

Using Telehealth to Respond to Mental Health Challenges During COVID-19

In this session, pediatrician Cori Green, MD, MSc, FAAP and child and adolescent psychiatrist Christopher Bellonci, MD, FAACAP discuss emerging mental health challenges since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.