The third-year longitudinal integrated clerkship at the Asheville campus of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
Consumers, health delivery planners, and public officials are calling for patient-centered, primary care-based, cost-effective health care. The Asheville campus of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has responded to this need by developing a longitudinal integrated clerkship that trains third-year medical students to provide such care.
Corresponding author: Mountain Area Health Education Center, and University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Asheville Campus, Asheville, NC, USA. jeff.heck@mahec.net.
Jeffery E
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Heck
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Asheville Campus, and Center for Health Professions Education, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC, USA.
Robyn A
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Latessa
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Asheville Campus, Asheville, NC USA.
Norma
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Beaty
D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009657:North Carolina; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011320:Primary Health Care