Medical apprenticeships: using longitudinal integrated clerkships to tackle concerns of education and training

Lynn’s article clarifies what is known about the development of medical apprenticeships.1 Little is currently known about specific educational approaches and oversight of medical apprenticeships in host practices or partner institutions.To meet calls for transformation and successful outcomes, medical education leaders should employ modern, evidence based, effective solutions. Longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs) are a well established method of clinical education that address educational and workforce mandates. The LIC structure centres educational continuity2 and relationships (students, patients, healthcare team) and offers an evidence based route for clinical placements for medical apprenticeship programmes.3LIC models tackle primary care doctor shortages and recruitment in underserved areas, providing superior training for future specialists and subspecialists, and succeed in community and large tertiary medical centres.34 Students in LICs achieve three things: They participate in the comprehensive care of patients over timeThey have continuing learning relationships with these patients’ cliniciansThey meet most of the academic year’s core…
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