Users who successfully complete the curriculum can expect to improve or enhance their knowledge and skills in the following areas:

Understanding the core components of comprehensive pediatric preventive care—health history, physical exam, immunizations, screening/diagnostic tests, and anticipatory guidance.

Evaluating health and risk status based on family history, health/developmental history, habits and behaviors, and population-based risk indicators and exposures

Assessing risk based on national screening criteria and performing recommended age-appropriate screenings

Conducting a comprehensive unclothed physical exam, ensuring that immunizations are up to date, and providing appropriate guidance based on family needs and concerns

Complying with EPSDT screening requirements for Medicaid-eligible children and adolescents, including thorough documentation

Identifying population-based health issues, especially in low-income populations, and increasing skills in promotion/prevention interventions within these populations

Improving interdisciplinary knowledge and skills through training in assessing developmental/behavioral health and dental/oral health

Communicating effectively with children, teens, and families, using open-ended and direct questions, and addressing the needs and concerns of each family

Involving families as active participants in health promotion and illness and injury prevention and forming trusting health partnerships

Providing culturally sensitive health care, including counseling that is compatible with family beliefs and practices