Educating community health conscious physicians
During my family medicine rotation, my very first clinical clerkship of medical school, I received the assignment of making a home visit to one of my preceptor’s patients — a man I will call Mr. Jones.
Mr. Jones had congestive heart failure, COPD, and a barrage of other chronic health problems. He was a pleasant gentleman, but had a low level of health literacy and had been doing a poor job …
