INTERNAL-MEDICINE PRECEPTORSHIPS - 3 SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS

Undergraduate medical education is evolving to include community physi cians in the training of students in the outpatient setting, The task of designing and implementing such preceptorships can be hindered by f inancial, institutional, and logistic factors. Nonetheless, several in stitutions have successfully begun such preceptorships, even in the ab sence of major federal or philanthropic funding, In this article, thre e institutions offer suggestions for overcoming the factors hindering the development of a successful preceptorship.