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Home visits in family medicine residency

Evaluation of 8 years of a training program

Difat Jakubovicz and Anita Srivastava
Canadian Family Physician April 2015; 61 (4) e189-e195;
Difat Jakubovicz
Family physician at St Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto, Ont, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
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Anita Srivastava
Family physician at St Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto, Ont, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
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    Residents’ opinions about home visits taking too much time, using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree)

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    Residents’ preferences for methods of supervision

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    Residents’ opinions about their levels of responsibility for home visit patients, using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = too little, 5 = too much)

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    Residents’ survey responses before and after the program: A) Residents’ previous experience with home visits; B) Residents’ perceptions about home visits, rated using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).

    A) QUESTIONBEFORE PROGRAMAFTER PROGRAM
    YES, %NO, %YES, %No, %
    Before beginning residency training at St Joseph’s Health Centre, did you have experience with home visit patients?76244456
    B) QUESTIONSLIKERT SCALE RATING BEFORE PROGRAM, %LIKERT SCALE RATING AFTER PROGRAM, %
    1234512345
    Having a home visit patient is a useful learning experience2313503272283428
    I am comfortable in seeing patients at home242957852145128
    I am confident in working with community agencies31548277115254217
    I intend to do home visits after graduation074329211413302914
    I find caring for patients in the home rewarding0221512642215221
    I am confident in my ability to do home visits0114442302186812
    I feel that caring for patients in the home is important008524000115435
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Canadian Family Physician: 61 (4)
Canadian Family Physician
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