title: [Progressive lost of interest of family medicine residents with regard to home follow-up of the elderly].
abstract: This paper deals with the lack of interest shown by family medicine residents in Quebec (Canada) in home follow-up or monitoring of the elderly. By collecting and analyzing data from sixteen family medicine residents before and after their first experience of home follow-up, and from four medical supervisors, we found that residents experience a rapid loss of interest in this practice over a very short period. We show that this lack of interest stems first from the difficulty of applying the principle of patient-centered care, wherein medical interventions must meet the needs of the elderly in their entirety. Secondly, residents complain that they have to deal with many administrative tasks. They call for implementation of professional features to better integrate services such as case management.
authors.affiliation: Centre affilié universitaire,CSSS IUGS,Sherbrooke,Quebec,Canada.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aubry
authors.affiliation: Université de Sherbrooke et CSSS IUGS,Sherbrooke,Quebec,Canada.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Couturier
authors.affiliation: CSSS Bordeaux Cartierville,Montreal Quebec,Canada.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dumont
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D017144:Focus Groups; D005853:Geriatrics; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011792:Quebec