First site! Institute for Family Health, based in New York City.
I spent my first day at Sidney Hilman Family Practice Center, shadowing 3 clinicians and flow staff. Pictures are below, click on any to see as a photo album.
I started the day shadowing flow staff (medical assistants) to see how patients are roomed and brought into the practice. They do something I have not seen in my practice, which is assess patient’s learning ability for every new patient, prior to the provider entering the room. They do this via a template that they fill out with the patient. Something I heard a medical assistant tell a patient that I really liked: “Have a nice visit…” – this seemed to be nice stage setting for a good interaction.
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