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Hays, RB, McKinley, RK and Sen Gupta, TK (2018) Twelve tips for expanding undergraduate clinical teaching capacity. Medical Teacher. 1 -4. ISSN 0142-159X
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Abstract
Undergraduate medical education has expanded substantially in recent years, through both establishing new programs and increasing student numbers in existing programs. This expansion has placed pressure on the capacity for training students in clinical placements, raising concerns about the risk of dilution of experience, and reducing work readiness. The concerns have been greatest in more traditional environments, where clinical placements in large academic medical centers are often the "gold standard". However, there are ways of exposing medical students to patient interactions and clinical supervisors in many other contexts. In this paper, we share our experiences and observations of expanding clinical placements for both existing and new medical programs in several international locations. While this is not necessarily an easy task, a wide range of opportunities can be accessed by asking the right questions of the right people, often with only relatively modest changes in resource allocation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R735 Medical education. Medical schools. Research |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Primary Care Health Sciences |
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Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2018 09:23 |
Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2019 01:30 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/5516 |