LIVE Virtual: Adolescent Medicine Updates 2026 (May 11, 2026)

MOC Question Review
Please see the MOC document to review the MOC questions during the conference. Please note that this is not the questionnaire to complete to get MOC credit.

Overview

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. 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.

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.

Disclosures

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 CME 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.

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported no relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients: 

Sarah Forman, MD	Grace Jhe, PhD
Areej Hassan, MD, MPH	Kathleen Waddicor, BSN, RN, CPN
Sarah Pitts, MD	Joshua Borus, MD
Melissa Freizinger, PhD

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: 

Name, Degree	Entity Name, or None
Amy Divasta, MD	Author, UpToDate
Pamela Murray, MD	Author, UpToDate
Tracy Richmond, MD	Clinical Advisory Board, Arise

Please see the FAQs below for common questions about how to work through a course. If you have a question or issue that is not addressed in the FAQ, please use this form to submit a help request, or if your issue is urgent, call the CME office at: 617-919-9908.

How do navigate this course?

How do I navigate this course?

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How do I claim credit for this course?

How do I claim credit?

If the course has been accredited, available credits will be displayed on the course home page. Select only those credits that apply to your profession, and click/tap “Apply Selection.” You may make your selection at any point while you are taking the course, or after you have completed it.

How do I download a certificate?

How do I download a certificate?

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How do I view/print my transcript?

How do I view/print my transcript?

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How do I request a refund?

How do I request a refund?

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