“Kiss the frog”: Re-enforcing knowledge transfer, relations, collaboration, and confidence
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis Odense
Patients suffering from more diseases often have courses with hospital consultants (HCs) in outpatient clinics as well as at their general practitioner (GP). These patients are often prescribed a variety of drugs, and they may feel insecure about who is responsible for the treatment. The GP often finds herself in a dilemma between doing “best evidence practice” and “best patient care”. In this research project, we want to investigate how GPs and HCs can engage in a formalized program where HCs from different specialties visit GPs’ clinics and together go through patients’ medical records and make treatment plans that consider all the patients’ diseases. These visits can be either with or without the patient being present. The patients’ expectations for and experiences with these consultations will be studied by interviews and surveys. Moreover, we will examine how and what the specialties learn from each other and which changes this may cause for patient satisfaction.
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