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The preceptorship, an integral unit of the curriculum in community and family medicine. 1978

W M Burke, and J J Lukes, and E Mansell

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.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008404	Massachusetts	State bounded on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the west by New York.
D011231	Preceptorship	Practical experience in medical and health-related services that occurs as part of an educational program wherein the professionally-trained student works outside the academic environment under the SUPERVISION of an established professional in the particular field.	Clinical Mentoring,Clinical Supervision,Clinical Practicum,Field Study, Medical,Field Training, Medical,Field Work, Medical,Clinical Mentorings,Clinical Supervisions,Field Studies, Medical,Medical Field Studies,Medical Field Study,Medical Field Training,Medical Field Work,Mentoring, Clinical,Mentorings, Clinical,Practicum, Clinical,Practicums, Clinical,Studies, Medical Field,Study, Medical Field,Supervision, Clinical,Supervisions, Clinical,Training, Medical Field,Work, Medical Field
D011320	Primary Health Care	Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)	Primary Care,Primary Healthcare,Care, Primary,Care, Primary Health,Health Care, Primary,Healthcare, Primary
D003154	Community Medicine	A branch of medicine concerned with the total health of the individual within the home environment and in the community, and with the application of comprehensive care to the prevention and treatment of illness in the entire community.	Medicine, Community
D003479	Curriculum	A course of study offered by an educational institution.	Curricula,Short-Term Courses,Course, Short-Term,Courses, Short-Term,Short Term Courses,Short-Term Course
D004504	Education, Medical, Undergraduate	The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D.	Medical Education, Undergraduate,Education, Undergraduate Medical,Undergraduate Medical Education
D005194	Family Practice	A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.	Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family