出版社：Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
摘要：Objective: The PreDoc program is a longitudinal apprenticeship aimed at increasing college student interest in pursuing a healthcare career. This program offers the continuity of clinical, research, and educational exposure in academic medicine utilizing a career immersion approach that allows a graduated level of responsibility, experience, and leadership opportunities.Methods: Students get an asynchronous/synchronous curriculumunder the direction of academic physicians committed to boosting the pipeline. Training in critical career development skills including “goal setting,” professionalism, communication, and time management are provided to Pre-Docs by their senior peers and program leaders.Results: Since the implementation of the PreDoc program in 2013, 28 students have enrolled in the program. Twenty-three students completed the survey; 100% ranked the program quality as good/excellent. Students reported more interest in academic medicine (n=19, 83%), neurology (n=18, 78%), and sleep medicine (n=18, 78%). A majority of the students reported that they were extremely likely to pursue a medical career (n=20, 87%). All students have completed or are in the process of completing at least one scholarly product.Conclusions: The PreDoc program has been successful in promoting college student scholarly productivity in healthcare and in garnering student interest in academic medicine, particularly in neurology.
