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Title: The preceptorship, an integral unit of the curriculum in community and family medicine. Author: Burke WM, Lukes JJ, Mansell E. Journal: J Community Health; 1978; 3(3):271-80. PubMed ID: 721960. Abstract: A curriculum in community and family medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, planned to include a primary care preceptorship as an integral unit, is described. The curriculum has been planned to allow for repeated and increasing exposure of medical students during their undergraduate years to a variety of health care settings within the state. An extensive program of courses is required for all students and consists of a three-week field clerkship in the first year, a field-oriented epidemiology course in the second year, and a six-week field clerkship in the third or fourth year. A preceptorship elective is available to all medical students after they have completed their first two years. Field visits by community and family medicine faculty to the preceptorship site provide overall guidance, facilitate the implementation of objectives, and provide opportunities to strengthen bonds between the practicing physicians of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the state medical school. The results to date are discussed.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]