A National Survey of Undergraduate Clinical Education in Internal Medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the present milieu of rapid innovation in undergraduate medical education at US medical schools, the current structure and composition of clinical education in Internal Medicine (IM) is not clear.

Objective

To describe the current composition of undergraduate clinical education structure in IM.

Design

National annual Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) cross-sectional survey.

Participants

One hundred twenty-nine clerkship directors at all Liaison Committee on Medical Education accredited US medical schools with CDIM membership as of September 1, 2017.

Main measures

IM core clerkship and post-core clerkship structure descriptions, including duration, educational models, inpatient experiences, ambulatory experiences, and requireme

SUBMITTER: Pincavage AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502925 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature