Interprofessional teamwork is important for the provision of safe, high value patient care and is recognized as essential by the ACGME. We aimed to assess the impact of an interprofessional continuity clinic teamwork curriculum on perceptions of team development and patient safety. This project was conducted in an IM Resident Continuity Clinic where 96 residents, supported by 28 faculty and 48 interprofessional team members, attended continuity clinic two afternoons per week during alternating months of a 50/50 outpatient-inpatient training model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Studies show patients may have gender or racial preferences for physicians.
Objective: To determine the degree to which physicians' gender and name characteristics influenced physician clinical load in medical practice, including patient panel size and percent of slots filled.
Design: Observational cohort study of a continuity clinic site in Rochester, MN, from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2017 ("historical" period) and July 1, 2018 to January 30, 2020 ("contemporary" period).
Introduction: Medical education is moving to conceptualise feedback as a bidirectional learning conversation. Within this conversation, learners experience a tension between assessment and feedback. That perceived tension affects learners' outward performances.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic pain affects up to 20% of the population and costs as much as $635 billion per year in the United States alone. The management of chronic pain is fragmented among medical providers of varying specialties, and evidence-based treatments are often not readily available. Psychiatric comorbidity, which compounds chronic pain treatment, is common.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvidence suggests that teamwork is essential for safe, reliable practice. Creating health care teams able to function effectively in patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs), practices that organize care around the patient and demonstrate achievement of defined quality care standards, remains challenging. Preparing trainees for practice in interprofessional teams is particularly challenging in academic health centers where health professions curricula are largely siloed.
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