title: A longitudinal community-based underserved care elective for family practice residents.
abstract: The Longitudinal Community-based Underserved Care Elective at the Virginia Commonwealth University-Hanover Family Practice Residency Program is, to our knowledge, the first report of a longitudinal 2-year elective in community-based clinics for underserved patients that supplements continuity patient care at a residency family practice center. Providing longitudinal patient care in both settings offers benefits for participating residents and the community. Over the program's first 3 years, 13 residents have provided approximately 2,700 office visits to the area's uninsured poor. Residency programs lacking a significant underserved patient population but located near community-based clinics for the underserved may benefit from offering a similar experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice, Virginia Commonwealth University, Mechanicsville 23116, USA.
authors.forename: Janet M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Eddy
authors.forename: Ronald H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Labuguen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003151:Community Health Centers; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014768:Virginia