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Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

2020

COVID-19

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A Motivational Interviewing Approach Toward Mask Wearing In Franklin County, Vermont, Ashleigh N. Peterson Jan 2020

A Motivational Interviewing Approach Toward Mask Wearing In Franklin County, Vermont, Ashleigh N. Peterson

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

COVID-19 has caused significant morbidity and mortality in Vermont and worldwide since the start of the pandemic. Wearing cloth face masks has been proven to limit viral spread, but few studies have quantified how many people are wearing masks or what their reasons are for doing so. This study aimed to assess and encourage mask use in Franklin County, Vermont by piloting an in-office motivational interviewing intervention at a primary care office.


Addressing Adolescent And Young Adult Mental Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Megan Boyer Jan 2020

Addressing Adolescent And Young Adult Mental Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Megan Boyer

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

This quality improvement project at South Burlington Family Medicine aimed to investigate the mental health of individuals ages 13-25 in our practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible patients received a PHQ-9 questionnaire with two additional questions related to COVID-19. Recommendations for future interventions to serve this population were made based on these preliminary findings, with the goal of doing a full PDSA cycle in the near future.