Providing Trainees With an Introduction and Decision-Making Framework for Pursuing an Academic Residency Position.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:Medical students are a significant source of the future academic medicine workforce, but surprisingly little is typically done to promote academic medicine career awareness during the early stages of medical education. To raise awareness among medical students of the critical role an academic residency plays in pursuing a future academic career, we developed a workshop that describes what an academic residency entails and what to consider when selecting such a program. Methods:The six-step Kern model was applied to develop a multimodal workshop to help trainees understand characteristics of and explore their interest in an academic residency program. The 60-minute workshop consists of a PowerPoint presentation, reflection exercise, and case scenarios to help trainees learn and

SUBMITTER: Guilliames C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342380 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature