In this episode, Eliza Buyers, MD, talks about reproductive health in teenagers. Dr. Buyers is a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist at Children's Colorado and a senior instructor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
In this episode:
- How to talk to teens and their parents about reproductive health
- Implementing a universal screening approach in your practice
- Dealing with push back from parents
- Setting up one-on-one time with adolescent patients
- Misconceptions about teens and their reproductive health
- Long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods
- Non-contraceptive benefits of LARC
- Importance of hormonal therapy
- Reversing long-term hormonal care and contraception
- Talking to teens about screening for sexually transmitted diseases
- When to send a patient to a specialist
