Health Sciences Education Symposium
Presentation Format
Oral
Type of Activity
Research
Original Presentation Date
2017
Date of Submission
May 2017
Abstract/Short Description
Several medical education tracks focused on preparing students to work in medically underserved communities are available in U.S. medical schools to increase awareness of primary care and to enable students to practice in medically underserved areas. The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine’s International/Inner city/Rural Preceptorship Program (originally known as ICRP then changed to I2CRP with introduction of international component in 2012) began in 1998 with the mission of increasing the number of students going into primary care to practice in medically underserved settings in rural, urban and/or international communities. The program requires students to participate in didactics, journal cub sessions, written reflections, and Grand Rounds, and to complete a scholarly project during the fourth year of medical school. I2CRP also matches students with clinical rotations in medically underserved communities throughout the four years of medical school.
Purpose/Research Question
Several medical education tracks focused on preparing students to work in medically underserved communities are available in U.S. medical schools to increase awareness of primary care and to enable students to practice in medically underserved areas. The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine’s International/Inner city/Rural Preceptorship Program (originally known as ICRP then changed to I2CRP with introduction of international component in 2012) began in 1998 with the mission of increasing the number of students going into primary care to practice in medically underserved settings in rural, urban and/or international communities. The program requires students to participate in didactics, journal cub sessions, written reflections, and Grand Rounds, and to complete a scholarly project during the fourth year of medical school. I2CRP also matches students with clinical rotations in medically underserved communities throughout the four years of medical school.
Objectives
Participants in the poster presentation will:
-Describe the VCU School of Medicine International/Inner-city/Rural Preceptorship Program (I2CRP), and outline its key curricular elements.
-Analyze the number of program graduates who choose family medicine, other areas of primary care (internal medicine, pediatrics, medicine/pediatrics), and NHSC priority specialties (ObGYN, psychiatry and general surgery) in comparison to non-I2CRP VCU SoM students.
-Identify the number of I2CRP graduates practicing in Health Professional Shortage Areas or Medically Underserved Areas.
References
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4. Rabinowitz, H. K., Diamond, J. J., Markham, F. W., & Santana, A. J. (2011). Increasing the supply of rural family physicians: recent outcomes from Jefferson Medical College’s Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP). Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 86(2), 264–269. http://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e31820469d6
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First Author Information
Yeri Park, B.S., Medical Student, VCU School of Medicine