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University of Vermont

2023

Patient education

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Guide2labs: Integrated Patient Education In Epic, Jared Stone Jan 2023

Guide2labs: Integrated Patient Education In Epic, Jared Stone

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

This project aimed to build on a prior family medicine clerkship project which designed a pamphlet containing high-yield facts to help patients interpret common lab results. An Epic SmartPhrase was created from this information and made available for all users at Colchester Family Medicine. Fewer messages from patients inquiring about lab values would be expected to be routed to providers if this intervention were successful upon further evaluation. Future projects could create SmartPhrases which cover other frequently ordered tests, such as complete blood counts with differential, thryoid cascade, iron studies and urinalysis.


Access To Prep In Plattsburgh, New York (Cvph Family Medicine), Kelly Knight Jan 2023

Access To Prep In Plattsburgh, New York (Cvph Family Medicine), Kelly Knight

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

This project examines ways to increase access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Plattsburgh, New York (located in Clinton County). After a review of the current literature on the subject and interviews with community members, an intervention was conducted at CVPH Family Medicine. EHR tools were generated and distributed to providers in the practice, with the goal of increasing the distribution of patient education materials about PrEP.


Managing Constipation: A Community-Level Intervention In Newtown, Ct, Weida Ma Jan 2023

Managing Constipation: A Community-Level Intervention In Newtown, Ct, Weida Ma

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

The prevalence of chronic constipation in adults is 10-15%. Constipation is associated with a lower quality of life and poorer psychological well-being. This goal of this project was to perform a community-level intervention by creating a pamphlet detailing first-line lifestyle modification and over-the-counter laxatives for the treatment of consitpation to be handed out at a primary care office in Newtown, CT.