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This version was published on June 1, 2008
Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 20, No. 4, 323-327 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1084822307310764

A Cultural Home Visit Training Experience in Medical School

Hugh J. Silk, MD, FAAFP

Hahnemann Family Health Center

Catherine M. Weber, PhD

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Home visits are an important aspect of the art and science of medicine. The home visit experience during the third year family medicine clerkship at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine is designed to help students gain a richer understanding of where patients "are calling from" to quote the American writer Raymond Carver. It challenges them to enhance their appreciation of the cultural diversity of patients and how a broadly defined culture affects their health. Students conduct a home visit, post reflections of the visit online for their colleagues and mentors to read, and participate in an end of rotation wrap-up discussion. The results show an improvement in student knowledge, confirmation that the experience is useful, and that students appreciate the provided resources. Furthermore, students discover that information gained in a home visit is vastly more relevant and succinct than that gained in an office setting.

Key Words: home visit • medical teaching • medical school teaching • cultural competency


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