JanaVaidya Academy
Free training for doctors who want to start home visits properly.
The Academy is open to all doctors — whether or not you are on the JanaVaidya platform. No cost. No registration required to browse the curriculum.
Why we built this
Home visits are one of the oldest things a doctor can do. They are also one of the least formally taught. Most doctors who want to start have no template — for documentation, for safety, for the legal questions that come up, for how to communicate with a family in their own home.
The founder of JanaVaidya — Dr. Abheet B Shetty, MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) — figured a great deal of this out alone, over more than a thousand personal visits. The Academy is an attempt to give every doctor who comes after a clearer starting point.
If 10,000 doctors are going to integrate home visits into their practice by 2030, the training has to exist first. This is where it starts.
What you will learn
- When a home visit is appropriate — and when it is not
- How to document a home visit properly
- Legal scope of practice across systems
- Patient and family communication
- How to integrate home visits with your existing practice
- Medical law and ethics for home practice
Curriculum
Seven modules. All free. Read in any order.
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The home visit — scope and safety
Read →What conditions are appropriate for a home visit, what are not, and how to make that call at the time of booking. Safety protocols for the doctor. Red flags that require immediate redirection to emergency care.
Your home visit bag — equipment and setup
Read →What to carry, what to leave behind, and how to set up a clean clinical space in any home. The eight essential items, the optional adds for paediatrics and elderly, the post-visit checklist before you leave.
Documentation at home
Read →How to write a proper home visit record. Prescriptions, clinical notes, consent, follow-up instructions. The retention periods you must respect — five years for clinical, seven for financial — and why documentation protects the patient and the doctor equally.
Legal scope of practice
Read →What each qualification allows in each system — MBBS, BAMS, BHMS, BDS. State-level variations, council registration requirements, and how cross-system prescribing rules actually work in practice.
Patient communication at home
Read →Consulting in someone's home is different from a clinic. Managing family dynamics, communicating clearly with elderly patients, setting expectations about what a home visit can and cannot do.
Building home visit into your practice
Read →How to structure your time, set fees, integrate home visits into your existing clinic, and issue proper bills. GST rules — what's exempt, what isn't. The legal framework for letting people know about your practice. The logistics, honestly.
Medical law and ethics for home practice
Read →Consent, confidentiality, liability, and death certification at home — including Form 4A, when you can certify, and when you cannot. Drawn from practical experience and postgraduate study in medical law and ethics.
Ready to join the platform?
If you want to start seeing patients at home through JanaVaidya — with a verified profile, booking support, and the legal and documentation framework in place — apply to join.