It's been a good first week. I spent this afternoon doing home visits with a social worker. I wasn't sure what to expect at first. Before visiting their homes, I looked over their chart briefly and had a home visit checklist on hand, and the social worker went over what to do and look for while over there. The checklist came from the AAMC website. Here it is if you're interested:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/991001ap/1481.html
It turned out to be pretty interesting visits and both patients were very nice and friendly. I got to see some things that were concerning, that I wouldn't have seen if I wasn't there, such as how much meds a patient actually takes and housing conditions.
After the visits, I had to type up a note for each patient. Of course, I've never written a home visit note before. It's different because it's focused more on the social aspect rather than medical, atleast for these two patients.
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