title: Impact of student-run clinics on preclinical sociocultural and interprofessional attitudes: a prospective cohort analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Descriptive studies suggest student-run clinics (SRCs) positively affect preclinical students' sociocultural and interprofessional attitudes, but few studies use validated measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a pre-post design, first-year medical, nursing, and pharmacy students who did and did not participate in SRCs completed demographic and open-ended questions, as well as two validated surveys, the Sociocultural Attitudes in Medicine Inventory (SAMI) and Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS), at the beginning and end of the year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With 68% (n=182/267) matched surveys we found no significant differences between groups over time (SAMI p=.53, RIPLS p≥.28 for each subcategory). However, of SRC participants, 99% reported commitment to the underserved and 57% reported improved interprofessional attitudes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students participating in SRCs perceive positive benefits, but do not score differently from those who do not. The SRC experiences may not be frequent enough to affect these measures, particularly since our students were high-scoring upon entry.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sheu
authors.forename: Cindy J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Anabelle D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Lisa D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hom
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Patricia S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D054521:Cultural Competency; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D019037:Urban Health Services