Ambulatory care training standards for continuity of care in osteopathic family medicine.
The authors developed statewide standards of excellence for ambulatory care training in an osteopathic medical consortium of family medicine residency programs. A total of 16 osteopathic family medicine residency programs joined with the Michigan State University-College of Osteopathic Medicine to form the Consortium for Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education Training (COGMET) Family Medicine Division. Standards were developed and implemented on a statewide basis for all member residency programs. Initial qualitative evaluations discovered minor as well as more substantive noncompliance after a 6-month trial. Results from longitudinal quantitative evaluations will determine the effectiveness of these standards.
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Garden City Hospital, Michigan, USA.
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D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D010021:Osteopathic Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation