Description

Adolescent care continues to evolve in response to emerging clinical, developmental, and psychosocial needs. Adolescent Medicine Updates 2026 is a one-day virtual conference designed to provide clinicians with evidence-informed approaches to contemporary challenges in adolescent health care.

The conference will address key topics in adolescent medicine, prevention, and counseling, with an emphasis on practical application across clinical settings. Participants from both primary care and specialty practices will gain knowledge and strategies to support adolescents and their families effectively.

Course Format

This fully virtual conference will be delivered live via Zoom and thoughtfully designed for an engaging online learning experience. Sessions will incorporate expert-led presentations and interactive components optimized for the virtual classroom.

Presentations will be recorded and available to paid participants for on-demand viewing for one month after the live event.

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

1. 1. Integrate findings from research and clinical innovations with the delivery of adolescent patient-centered care.
   2. Apply the principles of quality improvement, addressing systems and practice issues, into clinical activities.
   3. Identify the latest recommendations for topics such as adolescent vaccinations, weight management including medications, vaginitis, and managing aches and pains in teenagers.
   4. Develop strategies to diagnose, treat or manage adolescent conditions, including chronic fatigue, menstrual disorders, and fatty liver disease.
   5. Model communication skills with adolescents and their families.

To register, please click on the register tab above. If this is your first time registering for a conference at Boston Children’s Hospital, you will need to create an account. Returning users can log in to their account to complete the registration process.   

Registration Type	Regular Rate	Early Bird*
Physician	$200.00	$185.00
RN/NP/PA/MA Professional	$200.00	$185.00
Fulltime Trainee/Student	$75.00	$75.00

Early Bird Registration Date Deadline: 4/1/2026

Pre-registration is required. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email with a registration receipt. Course access instructions will be sent a few days prior to the course launch. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, please direct all inquiries to cmedepartment@childrens.harvard.edu.

Course Cancellation, Transfer & Refund Policy

Refunds will be made in the following ways: For payments received by credit or debit cards, the same credit/debit card will be refunded.

*If you have extenuating circumstances, please contact us at continuingeducation@childrens.harvard.edu

Cancellation of Services

Although highly unlikely, in case an event is canceled or postponed, Boston Children’s can provide a full refund or offer a credit towards future events to those who have already registered.

 

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

 

Physician

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Physician Assistant

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physician Assistants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Nurse

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 7.5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Dietitian

This activity has been approved for 7.5 CPEUs. Completion of this RD/DTR profession specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE=One CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their activity log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learners discretion.

Psychology

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.

This course has been approved for 7.5 continuing education credits.

Social Work

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Boston Children’s Hospital is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Boston Children’s Hospital maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 7.5 ACE CE continuing education credits.

MOC II

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn:

7.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

 

Disclosure Policy 

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CE activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclosure Statement

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients:

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.