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Describing learning experiences of undergraduate medical students in rural settings. 1976

E A Zinser, and H T Wiegert

This article describes a method for evaluating clinical experiences gained by undergraduate medical students at the University of Washington who take a family medicine clerkship at one of five rural communities. The student's clinical, community and practice management activities are documented on a standardized daily log. This log permits efficient transcription to punch cards. Data analysis results in a list of diagnoses, procedures, and community and practice management activities. These experiences are presented in order of frequency with a distribution of experiences by level of student responsibility, by location or agency, and by follow-up versus first contact. The results presented here constitute a summary profile over three academic quarters. The data reveal a substantial student exposure to medical problems common in family practice. Students assume a relatively high level of responsibility and experience continuity in patient care. This paper describes various ways in which these results are used.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007858	Learning	Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge.	Phenomenography
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
D005069	Evaluation Studies as Topic	Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies.	Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
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
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012423	Rural Health	The status of health in rural populations.	Health, Rural