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Continuity Of Care In Rural Surgical Patients, Sydney M. Cardozo
Continuity Of Care In Rural Surgical Patients, Sydney M. Cardozo
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Continuity of care is an integral part of patient care and is important for reducing morbidity and mortality following hospitalizations. Medical errors are common during transitions of care, and are most frequently caused by lack of suitable discharge planning and poor communication between surgical teams, patients, and primary care physicians. This project aims to create a new standardized note template for surgery teams to use when discharging patients, with the goal of augmenting communication and efficiency during transitions of care within and outside the UVM Health Network.
Fostering Competent Healthcare For Transgender And Non-Binary Patients, Alden York Sacco
Fostering Competent Healthcare For Transgender And Non-Binary Patients, Alden York Sacco
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Many transgender and non-binary individuals are hesitant to seek medical due to past traumatic encounters with physicians and medical staff, having to educate providers about their bodies, perceived bias, and fear of mistreatment. This reluctance to seek medical care, and even to disclose their transgender status, can result in poorer health outcomes due to delays in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. An in-office training was designed to introduce clinicians and office staff to health care disparities facing transgender and non-binary people, appropriate pronoun-use and key terminology, strategies for creating a welcoming and gender-affirming environment for trans and non-binary patients, and useful …