A Comparison of Students' Clinical Experience in Family Medicine and Traditional Clerkships.

Parkerson, George R., Jr.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1984

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A Comparison of Students' Clinical Experience in Family Medicine and Traditional Clerkships.

Parkerson, George R., Jr.; And Others

Journal of Medical Education, v59 n2 p124-30 Feb 1984

Experience on the traditional internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, and psychiatry clerkships was compared with the experience on a family medicine clerkship. The family medicine clerkship offered the most experience with circulatory, respiratory, digestive, neurological, musculoskeletal, and skin problems and with injuries. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis, Family Practice (Medicine), Gynecology, Higher Education, Internal Medicine, Medical Evaluation, Medical Students, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Primary Health Care, Psychiatry, Specialization, Surgery

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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