Table 1.
Program Component | Format | Educational Strategies | Evaluation |
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Year 1 and 2 students | |||
Clinical skill education | Workshops Didactics |
Sessions lead by faculty and senior students with hands-on practice (e.g., writing notes, giving oral presentations, motivational interviewing) Sessions lead by subject experts on relevant primary care education topics (e.g., treatment adherence, unconscious bias, health literacy) |
Students provide feedback on each individual workshop and on end of course evaluations |
Continuity clinic experience | 8 half-day visits in assigned continuity clinic | Students take increasing responsibility for patient care and aid in clinic flow (e.g., taking histories and performing physical exam maneuvers, rooming patients, taking vitals) | Faculty provide in person feedback on student performance |
Knowledge application | 8 written assignments | Assignments accompany each clinic visit and include H&Ps, reflective essays, and guideline research | Faculty provide written feedback on assignments |
Year 3 students | |||
Clinical skill education | Monthly workshops Quality improvement projects |
Interactive workshopsled by subject experts on relevant primary care education topics (e.g., working with translators, motivational interviewing, social determinants of health) Students work in groups on a quality improvement project at their continuity clinic, from inception to completion |
Students provide feedback on each individual workshop and on end of course evaluations |
Continuity clinic experience | One half day/week in assigned continuity clinic | Students become primary provider for patients and perform all aspects of care (e.g., performing a history and physical, developing an assessment and plan, presenting to faculty, writing notes, following up on labs and referrals) | Faculty provide in person feedback on student performance Faculty complete 9 feedback cards on specific clinical skills |
Knowledge application | 12 written assignments | Assignments accompany each monthly workshop and alternate between H&Ps, reflective essays, learning issues, and quality improvement project updates | Faculty provide written feedback on assignments |
Year 4 students | |||
Continuity clinic experience | 10 half-day visits in assigned continuity clinic | Students continue to follow their established patients on an ad hoc basis | Faculty provide in person feedback on student performance |
Knowledge application | 8 written assignments | Assignments shift in focus towards skills needed for residency, include peer chart review, mentoring activities, and clinic administration observation | Faculty provide written feedback on assignments |