VA Home Based Primary Care Program. This program delivers comprehensive primary care to homebound veterans through the services of nurses, an occupational therapist, social workers, and a physician. Students will participate in HBPC conference and trips to patients' homes. Students will participate actively in the four clinics held for geriatric patients each week. Students attend biweekly conference at the University.
Students prepare and present geriatric topics at weekly VA conferences.
The final evaluation will be based on the students' performance on the GEM unit, HBPC, Geriatric Clinic, and active participation in the geriatric conferences. Students will be evaluated by all faculty with whom they work in this rotation. The standard department of internal medicine student elective evaluation form will be used in this course. The final grade will be determined from evaluations by the Course Director from evaluations provided by all instructors. Your comments .