to the Editorinterviewed in pairs, with 1 MS1 interviewing and the other observing. Then, these roles were reversed. A senior psychiatrist visited and session each MS1 pair and elder interviewee 4-hour observed concluded the process. Each with 4 small-groupthe Black at HomeTHE EDITOR: Many medical schools university teaching hospitals are locatedin large, urban center cities with significant African American populations. The early introduction of home visits was considered an important precinical experience for firstyear medical students (MS15) to learn aboutdiscussions led by a senior psychiatrist of the MS1sâ responses to their specific interviews. The same questionnaire was adminis-the diversity within the community, about the skills involved in making home visits, and about working with older, African American patients that they would be treating in the hospital during their clinical years (1). An Accelerated Clinical Rotation (ACR) was designed to accomplish these goals. We report on the pilot of this ACR. First-year medical students were informed that this was a feasibility study of whether this interviewing site should be continued and that participation was voluntary. MS1s whose last names began with the letters K-M were assigned to the ACR, and only five MSIs switched. A total of 32 MS1s
Interviewing the Black Elderly at Home
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to the Editorinterviewed in pairs, with 1 MS1 interviewing and the other observing. Then, these roles were reversed. A senior psychiatrist visited and session each MS1 pair and elder interviewee 4-hour observed concluded the process. Each with 4 small-groupthe Black at HomeTHE EDITOR: Many medical schools university teaching hospitals are locatedin large, urban center cities with significant African American populations. The early introduction of home visits was considered an important precinical experience for firstyear medical students (MS15) to learn aboutdiscussions led by a senior psychiatrist of the MS1sâ responses to their specific interviews. The same questionnaire was adminis-the diversity within the community, about the skills involved in making home visits, and about working with older, African American patients that they would be treating in the hospital during their clinical years (1). An Accelerated Clinical Rotation (ACR) was designed to accomplish these goals. We report on the pilot of this ACR. First-year medical students were informed that this was a feasibility study of whether this interviewing site should be continued and that participation was voluntary. MS1s whose last names began with the letters K-M were assigned to the ACR, and only five MSIs switched. A total of 32 MS1s
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Interviewing the Black Elderly at Home
F. M. Baker
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, Volume 21 (3): 165
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Sep 1, 1997
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