A minimum of 20 home visits are made by each student. Students are assigned one of three physicians experienced in the art and science of home care as their preceptor. Students are assigned on a daily basis to a panel of patients across a spectrum of sites, and all students are expected to make home visits with different members of the interdisciplinary home care team. If a home care patient is admitted to the hospital, the student is notified of the admission. An assessment care plan, problem list, medication list and, if possible, at least one focused terminal care evaluation plan are required.
All students attend at least one interdisciplinary team meeting.
Students are encouraged to create a poster presentation at an annual professional society meeting. This project provides a foundation for the development of a nationwide home telehealth care network linking centers of excellence with other health professional schools. This network comprises a virtual interdisciplinary home care faculty that will enable the rapid deployment of an excellent home care curriculum to other health profession schools that do not possess the resources to develop their own home care faculty. Mr. M. recently relocated to the area. Due to blindness and no social support, he was unable to unpack.