[Long-term patient follow-up conducted during the supervised self-directed training in ambulatory primary care. One-semester assessment carried out in Angers, France].
To assess the taking charge of the patients requiring a follow-up with the long course by the trainees during the Saspas, to identify the obstacles to its setting up and to propose prospects of improvement are the main objectives of this work. The trainees of Angers carried out a collection concerning each patient seen three times or more during the semester of winter 2006-2007. At the end of semester, they answered a questionnaire and participated in a focus group. There were great inequalities between the trainees. They had seen between 13 and 51 patients three times or more (average=22). The proportion of chronic disease varied from 24 to 68%. Most frequently met were those of the 50 first results of consultation of the SFMG. Four of the 11 trainees made a follow-up of pregnancy, three a follow-up of infant. When the first consultation concerned a situation requiring a follow-up with the long course, the trainees had proposed a new appointment in 38.6% of the cases, 95% of the patient had it honoured. The obstacles identified were inherent in the organization of the training course, the secretariat, the Masters of training course, the trainees and the patients. These obstacles are perfectible by a work on the appointement management privileging the patients concerned with a follow-up to the long course, on the organization of the training courses, on the invesment of the trainees and the masters of training course.
Plourdeau
Ludivine
L
Université d'Angers, faculté de médecine, 49045 Angers Cedex, France. ludivine.plourdeau@yahoo.fr
Huez
Jean-François
JF
Connan
Laurent
L
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D009819:Office Visits; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors