Exploring the breadth of medicine: 8-year outcomes of a brief clinical summer immersion for premedical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to the breadth of healthcare opportunities is crucial to high-school and college students considering a career in medicine. Most programs revolve around research or subspecialties, limiting exposure to the richness within medicine.

Objective

We conducted a program evaluation of the Stanford Clinical Summer Internship (CSI) 2-week program, to understand learner viewpoints around CSI program utility, and to assess long term impact. We assess viewpoints by learner level (high school versus college) and participation mode (in-person versus virtual).

Methods

In 2016 we launched a two-week premedical internship, incorporating AAMC core competencies. In 2022 and 2023, we surveyed past participants, collecting demographic data and evaluating/comparing CSI'

SUBMITTER: Weinlander E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11606093 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature