Abstract

Purpose/Objectives: The vision for this project was to create an inpatient education intervention to better prepare patients with chronic medical conditions for more effective self-management after discharge using a Skills Simulation Experience and focused one-on-one structured education format in a circuit-based intervention. As an interdisciplinary intervention, the health care team presents standardized education in a circuit training presentation to allow for one-on-one interaction with health care professionals, using multiple teaching/learning strategies, to assist the participant in acquiring or reinforcing skills needed to successfully self-manage his or her conditions postdischarge. Primary Practice Setting(s): West Suburban Medical Center (WSMC) is owned by Pipeline Health and is located on the west side of Chicago, IL. WSMC is a 118-year-old community-based teaching facility that has collaboration with a local Federally Qualified Health Center, providing clinic space on-site as well as clinical rotations for OB/GYN. WSMC serves 2 very diverse neighborhoods, Oak Park, IL, home of Frank Lloyd Wright and Ernest Hemingway, and the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, which ranks 11th out of the 77 Chicago communities in violent crime. Findings/Conclusions: Data collected included the following: Implications for Case Management Practice:

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