UA Open Access Publishing Fund / Background: The transition from medical student to first-year intern can be challenging. The
stress of increased responsibilities, the gap between performance expectations and varying
levels of clinical skills, and the need to adapt to a new institutional space and culture can make
this transition overwhelming. Orientation programs intend to help new residents prepare for
their new training environment.
Objective: To ease our interns’ transition, we piloted a novel clinical primer course. We believe
this course will provide an introduction to basic clinical knowledge and procedures, without
affecting time allotted for mandatory orientation activities, and will help the interns feel better
prepared for their clinical duties.
Methods: First-year Emergency Medicine residents were invited to participate in this primer
course, called the Introductory Clinician Development Series (or “intern boot camp”), providing
optional lecture and procedural skills instruction prior to their participation in the mandatory
orientation curriculum and assumption of clinical responsibilities. Participating residents
completed postcourse surveys asking for feedback on the experience.
Results: Survey responses indicated that the intern boot camp helped first-year residents feel
more prepared for their clinical shifts in the Emergency Department.
Conclusion: An optional clinical introductory series can allow for maintenance of mandatory
orientation activities and clinical shifts while easing the transition from medical student to
clinician.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/617202 |
| Date | 25 August 2014 |
| Creators | Min, Alice A, Stoneking, Lisa R, Grall, Kriti H, Spear-Ellinwood, Karen |
| Contributors | Office of Medical Student Education, University of Arizona |
| Publisher | Dove Press |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | © 2014 Min et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License. |
| Relation | https://www.dovepress.com/implementation-of-the-introductory-clinician-development-series-an-opt-peer-reviewed-article-AMEP |
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