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Increasing Patient Awareness And Education Surrounding Prescription Weight Loss Medications, Anirudh A. Hirve
Increasing Patient Awareness And Education Surrounding Prescription Weight Loss Medications, Anirudh A. Hirve
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Obesity is a growing problem in the United States. While it remains important for clinicians to emphasize health supportive behaviors including dietary modification and exercise when counseling patients, the advent of new weight loss medications has created a need for patient education materials regarding these interventions for a growing number of patients who request them at primary care visits. This project created a smart phrase in the electronic medical record summarizing weight loss medications currently available on the market to transform patient counseling and enable better shared decision making between patients and providers.
Harm Reduction In The Emergency Department, Alexa J. Golden
Harm Reduction In The Emergency Department, Alexa J. Golden
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The number of overdose deaths in Vermont has been trending up over the past several years. A majority of these fatalities involved synthetic opioid fentanyl. The Emergency Department (ED) at Central Vermont Medical Center delivers medication assisted treatment (MAT) through the Rapid Access to MAT (RAM) program. This program has connected many people in the region to treatment for opiate use disorder. However it was identified that we lacked connection to harm reduction services for those not interested in MAT. Harm reduction education was provided for recovery coaches and ED nursing staff. Harm reduction kits containing life-saving supplies such as …
Increasing Advance Directive Knowledge Among Healthcare Professionals, Laura K. Donnelly
Increasing Advance Directive Knowledge Among Healthcare Professionals, Laura K. Donnelly
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Advance Directives (ADs) have been shown to be associated with increased patient satisfaction with end-of-life care, decreased in-hospital deaths, and decreased end-of-life costs in high-cost regions. Nationally, prevalence of ADs has increased over the last 20 years, but the majority of patients still have not completed an AD. A significant obstacle to completion is lack of awareness. A presentation to increase knowledge regarding ADs among primary care staff was created to address this.