A longitudinal primary care program in an urban public medical school: three years of experience.
The experience of the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Medicine with implementing a pilot generalist program focuses on institutionalization and management. Various features of the program make it an interesting case study: It is inter-disciplinary, comprising pediatricians, general internists, and family practitioners; students join the program in the autumn of their first year; and it is changing from a voluntary to a required, institutionally ingrained course of study. The difficulties and procedures encountered in making room for an interdisciplinary primary care program in a traditional medical school curriculum are discussed.
Freeman
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Department of Family Practice, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL.
Cash
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Yonke
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Roe
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Foley
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D002641:Chicago; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008511:Medicine; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013038:Specialization