Medical Training AIDirect Primary Care Practice Models
You'll be able to evaluate whether a direct primary care membership model fits a given practice and reason through its clinical and operational tradeoffs.
What this track covers
This track covers how direct primary care membership models change the clinical relationship between clinician and patient, including visit structure, scope of services offered under membership, and how care coordination and referrals work without a fee-for-service insurance layer. It's written for clinicians evaluating or already working in a DPC setting who want to think clearly about patient panel design and care delivery tradeoffs.
What you will practice
- Distinguish which services and conditions fit within a membership visit versus what requires outside referral
- Reason through panel size tradeoffs and their effect on visit length and continuity of care
- Identify when a patient's condition warrants care outside the DPC scope (e.g., specialty referral, ED)
- Evaluate care coordination approaches when patients lack traditional insurance for labs, imaging, or specialists
- Assess communication and triage decisions in a model with more direct patient access
Simulator scenario
A returning DPC patient presents with several loosely related chronic complaints during an extended visit, requiring the clinician to prioritize, coordinate any needed outside referrals, and communicate a plan without relying on insurance-driven visit constraints.
Board question topics
- Scope of care in membership-based primary care visits
- Care coordination without insurance-based referral pathways
- Chronic disease management in extended-visit settings
- Recognizing when a patient needs care beyond primary care scope
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