The University of Limburg family practice preceptorship programme.
A six-year experience with a required preceptorship programme for fifth-year students in the Netherlands is described. After one week of introduction students spend 11 weeks with a family physician. Students prepare records of their independent contact with a patient, which are discussed with their preceptors and their faculty tutor. Analysis of the records revealed that students see a fair sample of problems presented in primary care. The programme is well accepted by students and preceptors. The importance of good relations between the school and the preceptors is stressed.
D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D009426:Netherlands; D011231:Preceptorship