James Greenwald, MD

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Title:  Teaching Medical Students Surgery During an Extended Rural Preceptorship  Poster session presented at the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine 34th Annual Predoctoral Conference

Authors:  James L. Greenwald MD, Gwen W. Halaas MD, William Marx DO, Peter Beatty PhD

Abstract:  Two medical schools with extended rural preceptorship experiences for clinical medical students have nearly half a century of combined experience and over one hundred graduates in rural medical or surgical practice.  While the anchor of the preceptorship is the rural family physician, allowing students to complete their Surgery and Surgical Subspecialty Clerkships in the rural hospital has several advantages.  Students experience more first hand experience with surgical procedures.  Surgical clerks in this one-on-one longitudinal setting have more opportunities to address their individual learning needs and to receive mentoring from surgeons. Data from each of the programs will programs demostrate comparable or superior scores on standardized tests among students in the rural and university-based programs including scores.  The programs both demonstrate that graduates are somewhat more likely to enter a career in primary care.  Rural program graduates in both priamary care and surgical specialties are 4-8 times more likley to locate their practice in a rural setting than their peers. 

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