title: The home visit experience: a medical student's perspective.
abstract: Incorporating home care education into the medical school curriculum is essential for providing a learning experience not duplicated elsewhere. Students rotating through family medicine write a reflection paper on their experiences. The papers about home visits from July 2000 to June 2004 were analyzed by a constant comparison technique developing seven themes: student paradigm shift in their understanding of causes vs. efects of disease, misconceptions about treatment, access to care, a return to the roots of medicine, quality of family caregiving, broader implications of providing care, and controversial issues. The students'papers demonstrate the unique environment of home visits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5099, USA. maria.hervada-page@jefferson.edu
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hervada-Page
authors.forename: Kristopher S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Fayock
authors.forename: Randa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sifri
authors.forename: Fred W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Markham
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D017028:Caregivers; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D006699:Home Care Services; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013337:Students, Medical