"They were an advocate for me": A Qualitative Study Exploring Medical Student Longitudinal Relationships and Patient Well-Being.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient navigators, community health workers, and care management teams improve patient experience and health outcomes. Medical student involvement in these roles is limited. Evaluation of these programs focuses on the student experience with less attention to patient participants.

Objectives

We sought (1) to understand the experience of being a participant in a medical education program; (2) to explore the patient-medical student relationship; and (3) to describe the impact of this relationship on patient health and well-being.

Design

This was a qualitative study that utilized in-depth semi-structured interviews.

Participants

Participants were selected based on enrollment in a preceptorship program at an urban academic medical center between 2017 an

SUBMITTER: Risotto-Urbanowicz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9971537 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature