Patient Ownership: Exploring Definitions, Expectations, and Experiences from Varied Perspectives
Abstract
Patient ownership is a concept that is commonly used, but rarely defined, within health professions education. Faculty often desire to instill a sense of patient ownership in their medical students or residents, but faculty and trainees might have different understandings of what this concept means or what it looks like in practice. Issues such as duty hour restrictions, the optimal balance of trainee oversight versus autonomy, and the increasing prevalence of team-based care within the health care system all complicate traditional notions of patient ownership as an individual responsibility of a physician toward his or her patients. Furthermore, the patients role and perspective within this concept has not been explicitly addressed. Therefore, this dissertation examines patient ownership from a range of methodologies and theoretical frameworks in order to understand definitions, expectations, and experiences surrounding patient ownership from the perspective of faculty physicians, residents, and patients/families.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 14, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1186114
Entities
People
- Michelle E. Kiger
Organizations
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences