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01-05-2016 | Education & Training
Medical Student Contributions In The Workplace: Can We Put a Value on Priceless?
Authors:
J. M. Ehrenfeld, W. Anderson Spickard III, W. B. Cutrer
Published in:
Journal of Medical Systems
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Issue 5/2016
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Excerpt
As healthcare reform evolves, economic pressure intensifies, and education budgets come under increased scrutiny, there is growing interest in understanding the specific contributions of medical students to patient care and the healthcare settings in which they train and participate. Contributions may include patient-centered (i.e. health coaching) [
1] and team-centered assistance (i.e. prevention of errors) [
2]. However, there are many challenges to measuring this value [
3]. …