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Surveys have demonstrated that transition is associated with uncertainty, anxiety, and elevated risk of adverse events for many SB patients. To help mitigate this, the authors developed a trial mentorship program between teen patients with SB and undergraduate\/medical students. This study analyzes and presents the initial outcomes from this program.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The authors created the Join, Unite, Motivate, and Prepare (JUMP) program to improve readiness for the transition process. The mentee target population was patients aged 13\u201319 years receiving care at the authors\u2019 SB clinic. Mentors were screened\/approved undergraduate\/medical students who volunteered to participate and successfully completed online training in mentorship. Upon enrollment, each patient set a combination of clinical, self, and parent\/guardian goals using the individualized transition plan. These goals were shared with the mentor, mentee, parent\/guardian, and physician. To monitor success, the SB program director routinely met with each mentor to discuss progress made and areas of growth. These included continuous quantitative and qualitative goal setting and failures that needed to be addressed for each agenda.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thirteen mentor-mentee matches were created over 9 months. Of the 13 matches, 6 had more than 5 communications after the initial meeting, and 1 mentor-mentee match is still in contact today. Noted success in the program has been through mentees gaining employment, applying for scholarships, starting college, and connecting with others who are going through similar circumstances. Challenges have arisen through failure to follow-up after the initial office visit, risk with using the virtual platform, and wide geographic dispersion of both mentors and mentees across the authors\u2019 state.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Transition from pediatric to adult care for adolescents with SB has proven to be a large hurdle. Easing this process through well-thought-out, interactive processes has the potential to improve readiness, increase patient autonomy, and provide exposure to the adult healthcare community. However, the mentorship model, in the SB setting, has not proven to be the remedy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2024.5.focus24264","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,1]],"date-time":"2024-08-01T07:49:17Z","timestamp":1722498557000},"page":"E9","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Transition mentorship for spina bifida patients with the JUMP program: a pilot study"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"57","author":[{"given":"Pedram D.","family":"Maleknia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Logan","family":"Hopson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jeffrey P.","family":"Blount","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brandon G.","family":"Rocque","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anastasia","family":"Arynchyna-Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Betsy D.","family":"Hopson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"b1","series-title":"Disabil Health J","first-page":"101427","article-title":"The development of a transition medical home utilizing the individualized transition plan (ITP) model for patients with complex diseases of childhood","volume":"16","author":"Hopson B","year":"2023","unstructured":"Hopson B, Eckenrode M, Rocque BG,  The development of a transition medical home utilizing the individualized transition plan (ITP) model for patients with complex diseases of childhood. 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