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TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MEDICINE
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 302-307Publisher
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC INC-TAYLOR & FRANCIS
DOI: 10.1080/10401330701366788
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Background: Interns experience tremendous challenges on the transition from student to new physician. There is limited literature describing curriculum that enhances medical students' preparation for internship. Description: To prepare graduating medical students at our institution for the new responsibilities and stressors that they will face as interns, an elective course, Inteagrative Clinical Experience, was implemented. Over 2-week period, participating medical students rotate through I to 3-hr modules that cover four major domains: managing acutely ill patients, teaching, communicating, and coping with stressors. Evaluation: Participants evaluated the course qualitatively and quantitatively through verbal and written feedback. Students found the course useful and educationally valuable. They also had a statistically significant increase in perceived preparedness for internship upon completion of the course. Conclusions: A 2-week, concentrated course is a feasible and effective method for raising students' perceived preparedness for internship.
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