| Title | Comprehensive ambulatory medicine training for categorical internal medicine residents. | | Author(s) | Bharel M, Jain S, Hollander H | | Institution | Received from the University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif. 94121, USA. | | Source | J Gen Intern Med 2003 Apr; 18(4):288-93. | | MeSH | Ambulatory Care
Attitude of Health Personnel
Clinical Competence
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate
Humans
Internal Medicine
Internship and Residency
Medical Staff, Hospital
Program Evaluation
San Francisco
| | Abstract | It is challenging to create an educational and satisfying experience in the outpatient setting. We developed a 3-year ambulatory curriculum that addresses the special needs of our categorical medicine residents with distinct learning objectives for each year of training and clinical experiences and didactic sessions to meet these goals. All PGY1 residents spend 1 month on a general medicine ambulatory care rotation. PGY2 residents spend 3 months on an ambulatory block focusing on 8 core medicine subspecialties. Third-year residents spend 2 months on an advanced ambulatory rotation. The curriculum was started in July 2000 and has been highly regarded by the house staff, with statistically significant improvements in the PGY2 and PGY3 evaluation scores. By enhancing outpatient clinical teaching and didactics with an emphasis on the specific needs of our residents, we have been able to reframe the thinking and attitudes of a group of inpatient-oriented residents. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 12709096 |
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