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The
Expert Preceptor Interactive Curriculum
EPIC is a module-based faculty development system for
preceptors of health-professions students. Epic is divided into ten modules. Each of the
first three modules focuses on one critical skill related to clinical teaching in the
community practice setting and include the following topics: setting the stage, effective
teaching, and evaluating performance and giving feedback. The remaining seven modules
focus on teaching contemporary health issues. Each module is composed of a series of
learning activities and a mastery exercise, which may be submitted for continuing
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ACP-ASIM Clinical
Problem-Solving Cases Clinical
Problem-Solving Cases (CPSC) is a new and innovative educational program from the American College of PhysiciansAmerican
Society of Internal Medicine. Two cases published
per month present interactive, clinically based patient care scenarios addressing
differential diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Written and reviewed by respected physicians who
are well known for their expertise in the fields of Internal Medicine and its
subspecialties, CPSC offers state-of-the-art, focused problem-solving at the click of a
button.
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Precepting/Clinical Teaching: Web Site Resources
-- A collections of links to other sites and original materials, relevant to objectives,
teaching, and learning in the clinical medical education. These resources were selected
for use by rural preceptors, hospital-based attendings, and on-campus clinical faculty.
These links are as directly as possible to the clinical-teaching resources, but you may
also be interested in exploring other resources at the same web site. |
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ACP-ASIM Online Evidence-Based Medicine Evidence-Based Medicine is a co-publication of the BMJ Publishing
Group and the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. It is
published bimonthly and copyrighted © 1999 by the American College of Physicians-American
Society of Internal Medicine and the BMJ Publishing Group. The issues available at this
site are 1995 through present.
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Integrated Multimedia
Curriculum (IMC) The IMC is the first
integrated medical curriculum that links together the study of anatomy, physiology,
histology, pharmacology, immunology and medical ethics via the Internet. The IMC features
Gold Standard Multimedia's (GSM) highly regarded collection of medical education titles
online, with the added benefit of internal integration offering links to related concepts
between titles. A product of Gold Standard Multimedia.
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CAL Reviews An
Internet-based catalogue of reviewed medical multimedia resources. CAL Resources aims to
provide a comprehensive, up-to-date and beneficial teaching and learning resource for the
Cambridge clinical course. The resources catalogued at this site are intended to
supplement other learning technology materials developed in house.
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Online Articles
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Orienting Medical Students in Community-based Teaching Sites This article addresses orientation of students to community
rotations, a critical part of any educational experience.
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Perspectives on Longer Community-based Preceptorships Physicians share their experiences with long-term medical student
preceptorship.
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Focused Teaching: Facilitating Early Clinical Experience in an
Office Setting This article addresses
teaching strategies to improve the educational experience for medical students at all
levels of training.
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Precepting
Prematriculation Students This article
begins a series of articles on teaching students in community settings prior to the
traditional junior and/or senior year clinical rotations.
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Community
Physician Bookshelf The community
physicians office can offer an important practice model through the use of
well-chosen reference books to improve patient care and education while creating
opportunities for student education.
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Evaluating
Without Fear In this article, Victoria
S. Kaprielian, MD, and Hershey S. Bell, MD, address evaluation, a pertinent and
problematic area for most community teachers.
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Precepting
Preclinical Students (Article 1) Precepting
Preclinical Students (Article 2)
These articles provide practical information about working
with preclinical students and the various roles of preceptors.
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Students
as Assets In this article, the value of
medical students in community physicians offices is examined.
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Observing
Students in a Clinical Setting This
article provides community teachers with a tool to improve feedback to students.
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Clinical
Preceptors: Tips for Effective Teaching With Minimal Downtime Practical, time-saving tips for community teachers are presented.
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The
Preceptor as Ethics Educator Ethical
issues and precepting are addressed in these articles.
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