Benefits and Costs to Community‐Based Physicians Teaching Primary Care to Medical Students

• Published in: Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 13; no. 7; pp. 485 - 488
• Main Authors: Grayson, Martha S., Klein, Martin, Lugo, Javier, Visintainer, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, MA, USA Blackwell Science, Inc 01.07.1998; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; Blackwell Science Inc
• Subjects: Ambulatory care; benefits of teaching; Biological and medical sciences; Brief Reports; Clinical Clerkship; Clinical medicine; Costs; costs of teaching; Cross-Sectional Studies; Education; Health sciences; Hospitals; Humans; Internal medicine; Job Satisfaction; Medical sciences; Medical students; Medicine; Patient Satisfaction; Pediatrics; physician satisfaction; Physicians; Physicians, Family; Practice Management, Medical - economics; Primary care; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Teaching; Teaching - methods; Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation; New York; United States > US; Human; Medicine; Mail inquiry; Primary health care; Physician; Job satisfaction; Cost benefit analysis; Student; Public health; Community; Teaching
• ISSN: 0884-8734; 1525-1497
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00139.x

The purpose of this study was to determine the benefits and costs to community‐based primary care physicians teaching medical students in their offices. Survey data were collected from 185 preceptors between 1990 and 1996. Respondents reported increases in their enjoyment of the practice of medicine (82%), time spent reviewing clinical medicine (66%), desire to keep up with recent developments in medicine (49%), and patients’ perception of their stature (44%). However, 61% reported a decrease in the number of patients seen when a student was present. We conclude that despite the costs associated with teaching medical students in their offices, preceptors derived many benefits.