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Jennifer M Reckrey1, Katherine A Ornstein, Ania Wajnberg
1Jennifer M. Reckrey, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Katherine A. Ornstein, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Ania Wajnberg, MD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. M. Victoria Kopke, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Linda V. DeCherrie, MD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
Abstract:
Despite the growing homebound population and the development of innovative models of care that work to bring care to people in their homes, home visits are not a routine part of education for many healthcare providers. This manuscript describes the experience of Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors teaching home-based primary care to learners of various disciplines and reports the results of a survey performed to assess trainee experience. Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors is the largest academic home-based primary care program in the country and trainees of various disciplines have nearly 1,700 contact days annually of directly supervised clinical teaching. In order to improve trainee education and meet our practice needs, trainees: 1) independently conduct urgent visits, 2) carry longitudinal panels of homebound patients, and 3) perform subspecialist consultations. Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors has exposed thousands of trainees to home-based primary care in the past 20 years and trainees report positive reviews of their experiences. As the need to train future providers in home-based primary care grows, we will be challenged to provide trainees with adequate exposure to multidisciplinary teams and to teach about the importance of continuity of care.
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