Creating a Satisfying Continuity Clinic Experience for Primary Care Trainees

The considerable gap in the primary care workforce of the United States is anticipated to widen over the next 10 to 15 years.1 Numerous physician groups have called for increased focus on primary care training in medical education.2-4 In 2009, the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandated an increase for ambulatory training during internal medicine residency, requiring a minimum of 130 half-day clinics over three years. This increased requirement presupposes greater exposure will inevitably lead to more primary care physicians, but some have argued it is increased exposure to high-quality, high-functioning primary care experiences that inspire trainees to contemplate a career in primary care.

Source: The American Journal of Medicine - December 29, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Associate Professor of Medicine Stephen R. Holt, Associate Professor of Medicine Daniel G. Tobin, Assistant Professor of Medicine Laura Whitman, Professor of Medicine Matthew Ellman, Associate Professor of Medicine John P. Moriarty, Associate Professor of Tags: AAIM Perspectives Source Type: research