Table 1.

Key components of transition program

Organization/structure of outpatient appointments, support peer group formation	Dedicated liaison with a transfer-accompanying youth worker and clinical nurse specialist, working in both pediatric and adult services, for continuity and for the provision of specific information to the adolescent during transfer
	Joint outpatient clinics between adult and adolescent clinics
	“Parent-free portions” of outpatient appointments
	Adolescent-focused consultation sessions to provide information
Support peer group formation	Encouragement of networking among adolescents by offering additional non-medical programs during transition clinics
	Dedicated days in the ambulatory outpatient clinic for adolescents
Education	Seminars for education and networking outside the clinic
Transfer	Staggered transfer into adult medical care