A process evaluation of a required primary care clerkship.
A process evaluation was implemented to guide faculty in developing a new required primary care clerkship. During the first eight months of the clerkship, 23 medical students were observed in a time and motion analysis and a study of the verbal content of the precepting interactions as students presented their patients to a preceptor. Students spent an average of 44% of their clinic time in examination rooms with patients, 21% interacting with preceptors and 13% waiting without interaction. The verbal behaviors accounting for 80% of the student-preceptor interaction time were case presentations (50%), direct or indirect questioning (16%), and making recommendations for management (13%).
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine.
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D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000592:standards; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D013996:Time and Motion Studies