An elective in primary care internal medicine for students in the preclinical years.
A two-week elective to introduce first- and second-year medical students to primary care internal medicine was developed and evaluated. Course time is divided between conference sessions (25 percent) provided by full-time clinical faculty members and office experience (75 percent) provided by volunteer clinical faculty members (general internists in private practice and in prepaid health plans). Evaluations by the students (n = 58) who took the elective consisted of a questionnaire assessment of the conference session topics, the student's ability to carry out course objectives, and the preceptor's teaching activities. The conference topics were highly rated, with a mean score of 4.1 on a rating scale ranging from 1 (unfavorable) to 5 (favorable). The course objectives and teaching activities were also well rated, with a mean score of 4.1 and 3.9, respectively, on a rating scale ranging from 1 (none) to 5 (outstanding).
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Department of Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
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D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods