TY - JOUR
T1 - A Review of Primary Care Training Programs in Correctional Health for Physicians
AU - Min, In Sung
AU - Schonberg, Dana
AU - Anderson, Matthew
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for support from the Department of Family and Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center. Thanks also to Warren J. Ferguson, M.D.; Shira Shavit, M.D.; Homer Venters, M.D., M.S.; Jennifer M. Purcell, Ph.D.; and Sean C. Lucan, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., for advice that contributed to this article. We also thank the anonymous reviewers who provided helpful comments.
Funding Information:
Time and financial resources are commonly cited barriers. Money is required for preceptor, fellowship, and administrative salaries as well as transportation. At UCSF a course coordinator handles tasks such as organizing orientation, security clearance, and scheduling. Other challenges include finding interested staff, designing meaningful experiences for learners, and precepting learners in an already overburdened system. UMMS has had difficulty maintaining funding for their fellowship program. Without adequate resources, including administrative support, providers can experience burnout. Finally, geographic distances can be a barrier to teaching in facilities distant from health profession schools.
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Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Background: Despite the health consequences of incarceration, there are no national standards for teaching physicians about correctional health. The purpose of this study was to survey existing correctional health training programs for primary care physicians. Summary: Programs were identified through literature and Web search, snowballing, and professional meetings. Programs were contacted and asked to complete a survey. Correctional health programs exist in a variety of disciplines. We identified 22 in primary care. Programs seek to improve public health, reduce stigma, and recruit physicians to correctional health. Curricula covered specific health problems as well as the impact of incarceration on families and communities. Relationships between the academic center and the correctional facilities were varied. Barriers include issues of security, time, financial resources, and stigma. Programs evaluate their learners, as well as educational and clinical outcomes. Conclusions: A variety of correctional health programs currently exist. A national model curriculum could strengthen teaching in correctional health.
AB - Background: Despite the health consequences of incarceration, there are no national standards for teaching physicians about correctional health. The purpose of this study was to survey existing correctional health training programs for primary care physicians. Summary: Programs were identified through literature and Web search, snowballing, and professional meetings. Programs were contacted and asked to complete a survey. Correctional health programs exist in a variety of disciplines. We identified 22 in primary care. Programs seek to improve public health, reduce stigma, and recruit physicians to correctional health. Curricula covered specific health problems as well as the impact of incarceration on families and communities. Relationships between the academic center and the correctional facilities were varied. Barriers include issues of security, time, financial resources, and stigma. Programs evaluate their learners, as well as educational and clinical outcomes. Conclusions: A variety of correctional health programs currently exist. A national model curriculum could strengthen teaching in correctional health.
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U2 - 10.1080/10401334.2012.641492
DO - 10.1080/10401334.2012.641492
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22250940
AN - SCOPUS:84860815498
VL - 24
SP - 81
EP - 89
JO - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
JF - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
SN - 1040-1334
IS - 1
ER -