Preparing for the primary care clinic: an ambulatory boot camp for internal medicine interns.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Internal medicine (IM) interns start continuity clinic with variable ambulatory training. Multiple other specialties have utilized a boot camp style curriculum to improve surgical and procedural skills, but boot camps have not been used to improve interns' ambulatory knowledge and confidence. The authors implemented and assessed the impact of an intern ambulatory boot camp pilot on primary care knowledge, confidence, and curricular satisfaction.

Methods

During July 2014, IM interns attended ambulatory boot camp. It included clinically focused case-based didactic sessions on common ambulatory topics as well as orientation to the clinic and electronic medical records. Interns anonymously completed a 15-question pre-test on topics covered in the boot camp as well a

SUBMITTER: Esch LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4660998 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature