Journal article
Examining the impact of early longitudinal patient exposure on medical students' career choices.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Medical schools include career direction experiences to help students make informed career decisions. Most experiences are short, precluding students from attaining adequate exposure to long-term encounters within medicine. We investigated the impact of the First Patient Program (FPP), which fosters longitudinal patient exposure by pairing junior medical students with chronically ill patients through their healthcare journey, in …
Authors
Kwok J; Wu V; Sanfilippo A; Bowes K; Pinchin S
Journal
Canadian Medical Education Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. e101–e105
Publisher
The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
DOI
10.36834/cmej.36752
ISSN
1923-1202