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) QUESTION | BEFORE PROGRAM | AFTER PROGRAM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES, % | NO, % | YES, % | No, % | |
| Before beginning residency training at St Joseph’s Health Centre, did you have experience with home visit patients? | 76 | 24 | 44 | 56 |
| B) QUESTIONS | LIKERT SCALE RATING BEFORE PROGRAM, % | LIKERT SCALE RATING AFTER PROGRAM, % | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Having a home visit patient is a useful learning experience | 2 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 34 | 28 |
| I am comfortable in seeing patients at home | 2 | 4 | 29 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 51 | 28 |
| I am confident in working with community agencies | 3 | 15 | 48 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 42 | 17 |
| I intend to do home visits after graduation | 0 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 30 | 29 | 14 |
| I find caring for patients in the home rewarding | 0 | 2 | 21 | 51 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 52 | 21 |
| I am confident in my ability to do home visits | 0 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 12 |
| I feel that caring for patients in the home is important | 0 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 35 |