title: Ambulatory care training standards for continuity of care in osteopathic family medicine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Garden City Hospital, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zonia
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Dora
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: 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