Why medical residents should do house calls

During my ambulatory care rotation, I got the opportunity to tag along with my attending on a house call to a geriatric couple. The husband, “Joe,” had recently been in the hospital for severe respiratory illness. His wife, “Sally,” had recently fallen and broken her hip and was recovering from a hip replacement.

While my attending checked on Sally, he advised me to talk to Joe. We chatted a while about …

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