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Improving Medical Training for the Care of Chronic Conditions
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Shared Medical Appointments for Diabetes Mellitus. Completed, enrolled 33 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
While medical training has increasingly included chronic care management, quality care necessitates education approaches that go farther. In April 2005, the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) implemented a weekly Diabetes Shared Medical Appointment (SMA). SMAs offer an important opportunity to improve chronic care and a unique setting for training physicians. In order to equip physicians with needed resources to manage chronic care, the ways in which SMA experiences are processed and integrated into learning about interdisciplinary approaches and expanding trainees' understanding of chronic care issues need to be examined.
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Interventions
Participated in shared appointments for patients as part of interprofessional team providing care for diabetes