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To synthesize research on undergraduate and graduate medical education in ambulatory care settings and identify strategies to improve clinical teaching and learning.

October 1, 1995Academic Medicine

Teaching and learning in ambulatory care settings

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To synthesize research on undergraduate and graduate medical education in ambulatory care settings and identify strategies to improve clinical teaching and learning.
Conducted a thematic literature review of studies published between 1980 and 1994 on ambulatory medical education.
Analyzed 101 data-based research articles alongside relevant policy and recommendation papers.
Ambulatory education is characterized by high unpredictability, brief case discussions, minimal direct faculty examination of patients, and virtually no feedback.
Learners encounter a narrow range of clinical cases and experience limited continuity of care, with notable skill deficiencies in interviewing, physical examination, and managing psychosocial issues.
Trainees favor longitudinal teaching programs over traditional block rotations because they foster sustained relationships with preceptors and patients.

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Thematic review reveals educational deficits and limited continuity in ambulatory medical training, suggesting longitudinal models improve clinical learning.

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David M. Irby (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10681c5725bbd5cc60f619 https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-199510000-00014

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Thematic review reveals educational deficits and limited continuity in ambulatory medical training, suggesting longitudinal models improve clinical learning.

Teaching and learning in ambulatory care settings

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