Drupad Annapureddy, Shannon Teaw, Pooja Kumar, William M Turlington, Ethan Wang, Shelley Speed, Nora Gimpel
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patient navigation programs help guide vulnerable populations, such as those experiencing homelessness, through the health care system. Medical students developed the student-run Patient Navigator Program (PNP) to serve persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) in the Dallas area. The objective of this study was to build on previously published data to determine how medical student attitudes, knowledge, and confidence working with PEH changed during involvement in the PNP, particularly after participating as a patient navigator...
September 8, 2023: Family Medicine