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Prevention Of Obesity-Related Morbidity & Mortality In Adults, Rachelle Virgin
Prevention Of Obesity-Related Morbidity & Mortality In Adults, Rachelle Virgin
Masters Theses/Capstone Projects
Poster presentation on the prevention of obesity related morbidity and mortality in adults.
Diabetic Foot Wound Care, Richard Q. Vuong
Diabetic Foot Wound Care, Richard Q. Vuong
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Diabetic foot wound care educational pamphlet developed during the family medicine rotation for 3rd-year medical students. This project was developed in Brookfield, CT.
Handout To Promote Diabetes Education In Spanish Speaking Patients, Javier Rincon
Handout To Promote Diabetes Education In Spanish Speaking Patients, Javier Rincon
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Hispanic adults are 70 percent more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to be diagnosed with diabetes by a physician. In 2017, Hispanics were twice as likely to be hospitalized for treatment of end-stage renal disease related to diabetes, as compared to non-Hispanic whites. In 2018, Hispanics were 1.3 times more likely than non-Hispanic whites to die from diabetes. Lack of readily accessible educational material in different languages can lead to educational deficits in non-English speaking patients.
Pre-Visit Questionnaire For Diabetic Patient Visits, W. Evan Shaw
Pre-Visit Questionnaire For Diabetic Patient Visits, W. Evan Shaw
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
What role does a pre-visit questionnaire, such as a "diabetic distress tool," play in optimizing diabetic patient visits?
Improving Retinopathy Screening For Patients With Diabetes: Optometrists Accepting New Patients On Medicaid +/- Interpreter Services, Kassondra M. Little
Improving Retinopathy Screening For Patients With Diabetes: Optometrists Accepting New Patients On Medicaid +/- Interpreter Services, Kassondra M. Little
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
For patients with diabetes, screening for microvascular complications like retinopathy requires annual retinal photography or dilated fundoscopy to identify and mitigate processes that can cause preventable blindness. Yet, by measures at the state and federal level, the percent of patients achieving this care is below target. At the Community Health Centers of Burlington (CHCB), the barriers responsible for this include uncertainty among patients and providers about which local optometry offices accept Medicaid, are scheduling new patients and have interpreter services available. This project aimed to improve retinopathy counseling, the achievement of retinopathy screening and the time burden placed on providers …