Correctional Health Curriculum Enhancement Through Focus Groups

Abstract

The successful provision of health care in correctional settings requires specialized knowledge, skills, and awareness not typically available in other health care training settings.

Aging in Correctional Custody: Setting a Policy Agenda for Older Prisoner Health Care

“…21 Although few geriatrics training programs exist for staff other than health care providers within correctional systems, 22 both correctional health care providers and correctional staff have requested training in geriatrics. 23 …”

A Review of Primary Care Training Programs in Correctional Health for Physicians

“…Programs also aim to impart these specific skills and attitudes to inform a trainee's future primary care practice. 18 One limitation of our study is that we may not have identified all programs involved in correctional health training. In future reviews, more varied keyword phrases and searches could be used to identify additional programs.…”

“…18 There are special knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are required to prepare competent correctional health care professionals. Programs focus on teaching students skills to treat medical conditions prevalent among inmates, with attention to health care delivery in the unique correctional setting.…”

“…18 Focus groups consisted of nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians working in correctional Note. FM = family medicine; IM = internal medicine.…”

“…A total of four PubMed articles were found. 14,16,18,19 We then conducted a second Internet search using the Google "Advanced Search" function, entering the key phrases "correctional health" and "medical school" or "residency program." This retrieved 455 hits deemed most relevant by Google's search engine.…”