The development and evaluation of a community attachment scheme for first-year medical students

Early clinical exposure in medical curricula across Europe: An overview

“…Dornan et al reported a total of 73 ECE programmes from several countries throughout the world (5). Nearly all medical schools in the Netherlands offer early clinical experience (34), and all UK medical schools are now using real patients in the teaching of medicine from the earliest stages (35).…”

“…This theoretical background requires an emphasis on early clinical exposure (ECE) and community-based teaching (5). Many medical schools throughout the world are vertically integrating various types of practical experience into the early years of their curriculum in order to introduce medical students to important topics in medicine (5Á13).…”

Early clinical exposure in medical curricula across Europe: An overview

“…Dornan et al reported a total of 73 ECE programmes from several countries throughout the world (5). Nearly all medical schools in the Netherlands offer early clinical experience (34), and all UK medical schools are now using real patients in the teaching of medicine from the earliest stages (35).…”

“…This theoretical background requires an emphasis on early clinical exposure (ECE) and community-based teaching (5). Many medical schools throughout the world are vertically integrating various types of practical experience into the early years of their curriculum in order to introduce medical students to important topics in medicine (5Á13).…”

Impacts of early clinical exposure on undergraduate student professionalism—a qualitative study

“…Since medical knowledge and professionalism are too intertwined to be learned in isolation [ 17 ], recent studies have shown that certain clinical practices have already been integrated into the early stages of medical education throughout the world [ 1 , 16 , 19 – 29 ]. While the term used to narrowly refer to formal clinical experiences early in medical school, ECE is based on a broad definition that includes community contact [ 30 , 31 ] and early student-patient contact [ 32 – 38 ], as well as early clinical exposure [ 19 , 20 , 23 , 29 ]. Reviews of ECE curricula have found that early exposures could consist of supervised clinical placements and sometimes direct exposure to patients, their families, and the community [ 31 , 39 ].…”

“…While the term used to narrowly refer to formal clinical experiences early in medical school, ECE is based on a broad definition that includes community contact [ 30 , 31 ] and early student-patient contact [ 32 – 38 ], as well as early clinical exposure [ 19 , 20 , 23 , 29 ]. Reviews of ECE curricula have found that early exposures could consist of supervised clinical placements and sometimes direct exposure to patients, their families, and the community [ 31 , 39 ]. ECE could therefore refer to a variety of clinical activities before official clerkships and internships.…”

Early clinical exposure in medical curricula across Europe: An overview

“…Dornan et al reported a total of 73 ECE programmes from several countries throughout the world (5). Nearly all medical schools in the Netherlands offer early clinical experience (34), and all UK medical schools are now using real patients in the teaching of medicine from the earliest stages (35).…”

“…This theoretical background requires an emphasis on early clinical exposure (ECE) and community-based teaching (5). Many medical schools throughout the world are vertically integrating various types of practical experience into the early years of their curriculum in order to introduce medical students to important topics in medicine (5Á13).…”

Impacts of early clinical exposure on undergraduate student professionalism—a qualitative study

“…Since medical knowledge and professionalism are too intertwined to be learned in isolation [ 17 ], recent studies have shown that certain clinical practices have already been integrated into the early stages of medical education throughout the world [ 1 , 16 , 19 – 29 ]. While the term used to narrowly refer to formal clinical experiences early in medical school, ECE is based on a broad definition that includes community contact [ 30 , 31 ] and early student-patient contact [ 32 – 38 ], as well as early clinical exposure [ 19 , 20 , 23 , 29 ]. Reviews of ECE curricula have found that early exposures could consist of supervised clinical placements and sometimes direct exposure to patients, their families, and the community [ 31 , 39 ].…”

“…While the term used to narrowly refer to formal clinical experiences early in medical school, ECE is based on a broad definition that includes community contact [ 30 , 31 ] and early student-patient contact [ 32 – 38 ], as well as early clinical exposure [ 19 , 20 , 23 , 29 ]. Reviews of ECE curricula have found that early exposures could consist of supervised clinical placements and sometimes direct exposure to patients, their families, and the community [ 31 , 39 ]. ECE could therefore refer to a variety of clinical activities before official clerkships and internships.…”

Early clinical exposure in medical curricula across Europe: An overview

“…Dornan et al reported a total of 73 ECE programmes from several countries throughout the world (5). Nearly all medical schools in the Netherlands offer early clinical experience (34), and all UK medical schools are now using real patients in the teaching of medicine from the earliest stages (35).…”

“…This theoretical background requires an emphasis on early clinical exposure (ECE) and community-based teaching (5). Many medical schools throughout the world are vertically integrating various types of practical experience into the early years of their curriculum in order to introduce medical students to important topics in medicine (5Á13).…”

Impacts of early clinical exposure on undergraduate student professionalism—a qualitative study

“…Since medical knowledge and professionalism are too intertwined to be learned in isolation [ 17 ], recent studies have shown that certain clinical practices have already been integrated into the early stages of medical education throughout the world [ 1 , 16 , 19 – 29 ]. While the term used to narrowly refer to formal clinical experiences early in medical school, ECE is based on a broad definition that includes community contact [ 30 , 31 ] and early student-patient contact [ 32 – 38 ], as well as early clinical exposure [ 19 , 20 , 23 , 29 ]. Reviews of ECE curricula have found that early exposures could consist of supervised clinical placements and sometimes direct exposure to patients, their families, and the community [ 31 , 39 ].…”

“…While the term used to narrowly refer to formal clinical experiences early in medical school, ECE is based on a broad definition that includes community contact [ 30 , 31 ] and early student-patient contact [ 32 – 38 ], as well as early clinical exposure [ 19 , 20 , 23 , 29 ]. Reviews of ECE curricula have found that early exposures could consist of supervised clinical placements and sometimes direct exposure to patients, their families, and the community [ 31 , 39 ]. ECE could therefore refer to a variety of clinical activities before official clerkships and internships.…”