The Effect of Teaching Family Medicine Clerkship Students on Preceptor Productivity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

High-quality, experiential learning in outpatient settings is indispensable for medical student education; however these settings are difficult to recruit and retain. The majority of primary care physicians are employed by organizations and are under pressure to increase their relative value unit (RVU) production. Although the common perception that teaching medical students decreases productivity is unproven, it is likely a barrier for primary care physicians pursuing clinical teaching. We sought to investigate whether medical student teaching affects clinical productivity.

Methods

We recruited 15 family medicine (FM) clerkship sites to participate in our study via email and at an in-person meeting. For each preceptor, we collected billing data in the form of c

SUBMITTER: Sairenji T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7279115 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature