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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.
Peri-Operative Optimization: Social Determinants Of Health, Adam F. Kohutnicki
Peri-Operative Optimization: Social Determinants Of Health, Adam F. Kohutnicki
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
This project investigated how clinicians at a rural Vermont family medicine practice observed various social determinants of health (SDOH) of their patient population affected patients' preparedness for surgery. Two clinicians involved in the community, a practicing family medicine physician and a practicing social worker, were interviewed to collect qualitative data on how various SDOH they have observed through their clinical practice have influenced patients' preparedness for surgery. This information was then utilized to create a "dot-phrase" that clinicians can use as part of a patient's pre-operative visit in the outpatient setting to assess SDOH and plan subsequent targeted interventions to …
Male Luts – Introduction And Overview, Thenappan Chandrasekar, Md
Male Luts – Introduction And Overview, Thenappan Chandrasekar, Md
Department of Family & Community Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds
Outline & Goals
• Background – What are “LUTS”?
• Anatomy
• Pathophysiology
- Storage – bladder filling symptoms
- Voiding – urine flow symptoms
- Post-micturition
• Major etiologies and management
- BPH / BOO
- OAB
- Nocturia
• Related to Prostate Cancer?
Family Medicine Resident Education On Perioperative Management Of Patients On Anticoagulation, Hanna Mathers
Family Medicine Resident Education On Perioperative Management Of Patients On Anticoagulation, Hanna Mathers
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Family Medicine residents at CMMC in Lewiston, Maine manage patients in an outpatient clinic as well as on an inpatient family medicine teaching service. Many patients in the community are anticoagulated for native valve atrial fibrillation and undergo surgical procedures both in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Residents are often asked on to determine the necessity and timing of anticoagulation discontinuation for patients that they see. With patients on newer oral anticoagulants and various degrees of risk, it can be a challenge to make an informed choice. Residents have found that they would feel more confident in perioperative management of …