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Dedicated Poster
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P7 - 07
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I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
MINI ABSTRACT DESCRIPTION
Rural longitudinal integrated clerkships are an important initiative through which socially accountable medical schools can better serve their rural communities.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
yes
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Poster
Sub Type
Education Research
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Title
Rural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship: An answer to increasing numbers of graduates choosing family medicine & rural practice locations
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Background/Purpose
Canada's rural populations are dramatically underserved by family physicians and family medicine practices, and traditional medical education practices appear to exasperate this problem by funneling the majority of graduates into urban specialty practice. Rural longitudinal integrated clerkships may be one way of improving this situation.
To determine the outcomes of the ICC in regards to current practice locations and final career choice as compared to the Rotation Based Clerkship (RBC).
The Rural Integrated Community Clerkship (ICC) is a core year-long 3rd year clerkship with students based in a community family practice learning the core disciplines of medicine in an integrated fashion following patients through the multiple venues for care in their rural community.
Methods
Using the U of A graduation lists from 2009-2016 and public medical profession databases, current practice locations and final career choice for all graduates were compiled.
Results
The total number of graduates is 1135 (1003 RBC and 132 ICC). Current practice location is as follows: RBC = 87% in urban and 13% in rural communities; ICC = 55% in urban and 45% in rural communities. Career choices of these graduates are: RBC: 41% in Family Medicine and 59% in various specialties; ICC: 73% in Family Medicine and 27% in various specialties.
Urban origin ICC students are 4x more likely to be in rural family medical practice than urban origin students who did the RBC. Rural origin ICC students are 2.4x more likely to be in rural family medicine practice than those who did RBC.
Conclusion
Rural longitudinal integrated clerkships are an important initiative through which socially accountable medical schools can better serve their rural communities.
Keyword 1
clerkship
Keyword 2
rural medical education
Keyword 3
longitudinal integrated clerkship
Level of Training
Undergraduate
Abstract Themes
Undergraduate
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Distributed Medical Education
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Authors
Presenter
Jill Konkin
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