Training U.S. Medical Students to Care for the Chronically Ill
Academic MedicinePublished 1 January 2004
Hoangmai H. Pham, Lisa Simonson, D. Michael Elnicki, Linda P. Fried, Allan H. Goroll, Eric B Bass
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Medical schools can improve training in chronic care by paying greater attention to specific methods for addressing important chronic care competencies, including screening for abuse, awareness of patients’ sociocultural perspectives, and protecting patients' confidentiality.
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Course directors agreed about the importance of many competencies in chronic care but reported considerable variation in how they addressed competencies in their courses. Medical schools can improve training in chronic care by paying greater attention to specific methods for addressing important chronic care competencies.
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