title: Patient participation in a medical education environment.
abstract: Family practice residency programs are specifically directed toward training primary care physicians to serve the interests of communities. This paper describes two methods of developing a feedback mechanism to increase the awareness of physicians in training to patients' health needs and desires. One method involves the development of a patient advisory group in the Family Practice Center at The University of North Carolina, and the other an ongoing telephone survey of patients who call after hours.
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009657:North Carolina; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations