Abstract

Lessons learned through the implementation of a rural longitudinal integrated clerkship at the University of Missouri–Columbia

Part of Special Series: WONCA World Rural Health Conference Abstracts 2022go to url

AUTHORS

name here
Meghan Meyers
1 Senior Program Coordinator *

name here
Jana Porter
2 Senior Program Director

name here
Laura Morris
3 Associate Professor Of Clinical Family & Community Medicine

name here
Whitney Lefevre
4 Assistant Professor Of Clinical Family & Community Medicine

CORRESPONDENCE

* Meghan Meyers

AFFILIATIONS

1, 2, 3, 4 University Of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA

PUBLISHED

10 January 2023 Volume 23 Issue 1

HISTORY

RECEIVED: 20 September 2022

ACCEPTED: 20 September 2022

CITATION

Meyers M, Porter J, Morris L, Lefevre W.  Lessons learned through the implementation of a rural longitudinal integrated clerkship at the University of Missouri–Columbia . Rural and Remote Health 2023; 23: 8110. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH8110

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONSgo to url

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

go to urlCited by

no pdf available, use your browser's print function to create one


abstract:

Introduction: Created in 1995, The University of Missouri School of Medicine’s Rural Track Pipeline Program was designed to address physician shortages in rural Missouri through medical student participation in a series of clinical and non-clinical programs over the course of their medical training to influence graduates to choose rural practice.

Methods: To increase the likelihood of students choosing rural practice, a 46-week longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) was implemented at one of nine existing rural training sites. Over the course of the academic year, quantitative and qualitative data was collected to evaluate effectiveness of the curriculum and for quality improvement purposes.

Results: Data collection is in progress and includes student evaluation of the clerkship, faculty evaluations of students, student evaluations of faculty, student aggregate clerkship performance, and qualitative data from student and faculty debrief sessions.

Discussion: Based on data collected, changes are being made to the curriculum for the following academic year to enhance the student experience. The LIC will also be offered at an additional rural training site beginning in June of 2022, and then expanded to a third site in June of 2023. As each LIC is unique, our hope is our experience and lessons learned will help others in developing a LIC or improving an existing LIC.

You might also be interested in:

2017 - Avian influenza prevalence among hunter-harvested birds in a remote Canadian First Nation community

2015 - Comparison of rates of emergency department procedures and critical diagnoses in metropolitan and rural hospitals

2013 - Progress towards TB control in East Kwaio, Solomon Islands

This PDF has been produced for your convenience. Always refer to the live site https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/8110 for the Version of Record.