title: Comparing the performance in family medicine residencies of graduates from longitudinal integrated clerkships and rotation-based clerkships.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In 2008, the University of Calgary implemented a longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) called the Rural Integrated Community Clerkship (RICC), which places students in a rural community for 32 weeks. Research indicates that LIC students perform academically as well as or better than students completing rotation-based clerkships (RBCs). However, little is known about how LIC graduates perform in residency. This study compared residency program director ratings of RICC and RBC graduates.
  
  
  METHODS
  The performance of RICC and RBC graduates (2009-2011) was assessed using a rating form mailed to family medicine residency program directors at the end of graduates' first postgraduate year. Because of sample size and confounding effects of discipline, only the performance of graduates training in family medicine was examined. Data were analyzed using factor analysis, ANOVA, and chi-square.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three hundred sixteen of 399 (80.8%) rating forms were returned. The instrument contained two factors (clinical acumen and human sensitivity) of acceptable reliability (≥ 0.90) plus an overall rating of performance. Of 124 (31.7%) students who matched to family medicine, 101 (81.5%) rating forms (RICC = 22/25; RBC = 79/99) were returned. Program directors rated the performance of RICC graduates to be at least equivalent to their RBC peers on both dimensions. On overall performance, 16/22 (72.7%) RICC graduates and 43/79 (54.4%) RBC graduates were rated as "stronger" or "much stronger" than most residents in the program, P = .30.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The performance of RICC graduates was at least equivalent to the performance of their RBC peers.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Woloschuk is director of program evaluation, Office of Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Myhre is associate dean for distributed learning and rural initiatives, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Jackson is director, Rural Integrated Community Clerkship, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. McLaughlin is assistant dean of undergraduate medical education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Wright is associate dean of undergraduate medical education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Woloschuk
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Myhre
authors.forename: Wesley
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male