Open AccessShared Medical Appointments as a New Model Forcarpal Tunnel Surgery Consultation:A Randomized Clinical Trial
Author(s) -
Alison Wong,
Janet L. Martin,
Michael Wong,
Michael Bezuhly,
David Tang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2292-5511
pISSN - 2292-5503
DOI - 10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000965
Subject(s) - medicine , informed consent , patient satisfaction , recall , patient education , family medicine , medical emergency , nursing , psychology , alternative medicine , cognitive psychology , pathology
In chronic disease management, shared medical appointments have been shown to improve clinic access, productivity and patient education. However, adoption of this model in surgical consultation is limited, and its effect on surgical patients' satisfaction, comfort and surgical risk recall is unknown.