Maximizing clinical rotation placements for US medical students: exploring an optimization model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For years, US medical schools have relied on community-based, private clinicians to educate medical students. There has been a steady decline in the number of physicians willing to take on medical students in their clinical practices. Recent issues related to the pandemic raise questions about how many patients students should see to have a meaningful clinical experience.

Methods

As part of a 16-week longitudinal clinical experience, medical students spend 2 days each week in a family medicine or internal medicine clinic. As repetition enhances learning, maximizing the number of patients students see is important. Using a mixed integer linear program, we sought to determine the optimal schedule that maximizes the number of patients whom students see during a rotat

SUBMITTER: Beck Dallaghan GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8741226 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature