title: Why wait until residency? Competency-based education in longitudinal integrated clerkships.
abstract: This essay was selected as the winner of the 2015 Canadian Undergraduate Surgical Education Committee student essay competition. It was written in response to the prompt: "How is your school preparing you for residency - be it surgical or medical?".
authors.affiliation: From the Faculty of Medicine, Medical Undergraduate Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: John Quinn
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Gentles
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000592:standards*; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*