title: Physician home visits by palliative medicine fellow.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Physician home visits (HVs) are an important model of care for the terminally ill. Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) fellows make a minimum of 25 HVs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe HPM fellow hospice HVs in an academic palliative medicine practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective chart review of HVs conducted by 1 HPM fellow.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-five HVs were made to 21 hospice patients. Nineteen had advanced cancer. Indications for visits were symptom management (22) and education (21). On average 2.8 symptoms (± SD 1) were addressed on each visit, usually pain. Medications were reviewed at every visit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HVs are an important part for patient care and fellow education, which provided an opportunity for medication revision and symptom education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, RIPAS Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Sikim2000@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sik Kim
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ang
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: LeGrand
authors.forename: Declan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Mellar P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Ruth L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Lagman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006792:House Calls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology; D009820:Ohio; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000078329:Workforce