Background: Despite the growing emphasis on high-quality HCT, there remains a paucity of evidence to guide inpatient providers in transitioning adolescents to adult medical care. An inter-professional team at our institution created a video incorporating Self-Determination Theory (SDT) concepts as the educational construct emphasizing key elements of HCT.   The objectives were to determine the effect [...]

Background: Improved outcomes in pediatric to adult-oriented HCT especially for children with special health care needs (SHCN) are a national objective of Healthy People 2020, with only 40% of adolescents with SHCN currently meeting the national core outcomes in pediatric to adult-oriented HCT. Despite the potential of hospitalized AYA being higher utilizers of the health [...]