Session Objectives:
Attendees will learn about adolescent sexual practices, behaviors and attitudes. Attendees with understand how the developmental tasks of adolescence interact with digital media. Attendees will understand how youth explore identity/self and sexuality/other in online spaces. Following this presentation, participants will be able to identify how sexually explicit internet materials may be used by adolescents in normative sexual exploration. Following this presentation, participants will be able to identify which adolescents are more vulnerable to negative effects from sexually explicit internet materials. Participants will be able to identify how they may discuss and think about use of sexually explicit internet materials by their adolescent patients.
The Maine Osteopathic Association is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.The Maine Osteopathic Association designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
MOA Grievance Policy: All grievances should be initially directed in writing to the MOA Executive Director by email to info@mainedo.org who will share them with the MOA's Program Committee. Grievances will receive a response within 30 days of receipt. If you do not receive a satisfactory response, you may notify the Council on Continuing Medical Education, AOA, 142 East Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611.