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- Title
Brief report: Trainee provider perceptions of group visits.
- Authors
Davis, Kimberly S.; Magruder, Kathryn M.; Lin, Van; Powell, Caroline K.; Clancy, Dawn F.; Lin, Yan; Clancy, Dawn E
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To evaluate the effect of observing group visits on trainees' perceptions of group visits as a method of health care delivery.<bold>Research Design and Methods: </bold>Thirty-two trainees assigned to month-long rotations at an academic Internal Medicine Primary Care Clinic serving underinsured patients were recruited to observe between 1 and 4 group visits. Prior to observation of their first, and subsequent to observation of their last group visit, each trainee completed the Patient-Physician Orientation Scale (PPOS), a validated survey evaluating their tendencies toward being patient-centered or provider-centered. Additionally, they completed a Group Visit Questionnaire (GVQ) evaluating their perceptions of group visits as a method of health care delivery.<bold>Results: </bold>Trainee gender, type, and level of training were similarly represented across the study population of trainees. While there were no significant differences noted on pre- and postobservation PPOS scores, the postobservation GVQs scores were significantly improved after observing at least one group visit (P<.0001).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Trainees' perceptions of group visits as a method of health care delivery improved significantly after observation of at least 1 group as measured by the GVQ.
- Subjects
GROUP medical appointments; INTERNS (Medicine); MEDICAL assistants; MEDICAL care; PATIENT satisfaction; PATIENTS; HEALTH surveys; EDUCATION of physicians' assistants; OUTPATIENT medical care; ATTITUDE (Psychology); COMPARATIVE studies; INTERNAL medicine; INTERNSHIP programs; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL students; MEDICALLY uninsured persons; PATIENT education; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; PRIMARY health care; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; GROUP process; EVALUATION research; EVALUATION of human services programs
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2006, Vol 21, Issue 4, p357
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00350.x