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Maximizing Continuity in Continuity Clinic

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The inpatient and outpatient rotations during residency impact resident clinic continuity. Even with block systems separating inpatient and outpatient duties, keeping continuity between resident providers and their clinic patients is challenging. This chapter reviews the evidence for continuity, different metrics of measuring continuity, as well as strategies to maximize continuity between residents and patients. It also examines how continuity measures may fail for account for meaningful forms of contact and continuity between patients and providers.

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  1. Boise VA Medical Center;, University of Washington-Boise, Boise, ID, USA

    William Weppner M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.

  2. University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Reena Gupta M.D.

  3. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Robert J. Fortuna M.D., M.P.H.

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  1. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Lee Bach Lu

  2. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Ernie-Paul Barrette

  3. Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Craig Noronha

  4. University of Vermont, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA

    Halle G. Sobel

  5. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Daniel G. Tobin

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Weppner, W., Gupta, R., Fortuna, R.J. (2018). Maximizing Continuity in Continuity Clinic. In: Lu, L., Barrette, EP., Noronha, C., Sobel, H., Tobin, D. (eds) Leading an Academic Medical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68267-9_10

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