Physician Home Visit Program

Faculty from the Office of Geriatric Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine provide home visits for homebound elderly patients, and patients living at home under hospice care.  Training in home visits is now a part of rotations in geriatrics and family medicine for medical students, residents, and geriatric medicine fellows.  Half day learning sessions are scheduled through the rotation coordinators for UC family medicine and geriatrics rotation.

This web page includes background information for learners preparing to accompany one of our faculty during a half day of home visits to patients.  Your home visit learning experience will be enhanced by 1) reading the Brief Introduction to Home Visits document, and 2) Viewing the Physician Home Visit slides.  Note that the attached Powerpoint file will run as a narrated slide presentation.  During your home visits with faculty, you will have opportunities to discuss questions about the advantages and barriers to including home visits in outpatient practice, and about specific patient care situations that you encounter during the half day.