Seeing is Believing: Learners ’ Perceptions of Interdisciplinary Team Roles

ACGME requirements for family medicine (FM) resident training include long-term care (LTC) education over a 24 month period. Many medical student and residents have little to no exposure with LTC patient care. Furthermore, there are many misconceptions and stigmas regarding LTC facilities and little understanding of the unique patient care concept in these diverse settings. LTC facilities provide care through an interdisciplinary team (IDT) base approach that includes the physician/providers, physical therapy and occupational therapy (PT/OT), audiology and speech language therapy, social work (SW) team, and nursing staff.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Education Source Type: research