Family medicine
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Successful clerkship directors (CDs) must exhibit a variety of leadership, administrative, educational, and interpersonal skills. This study investigates the professional development needs for family medicine CDs to be successful in their role, in relation to career stage, institutional support, and needed resources. ⋯ These findings demonstrate the lack of formal training provided to CDs and highlight the importance of informal training and conference attendance for professional development.
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The United States-Mexico border has unique health care challenges due to a range of structural factors. Providers must be trained to address these barriers to improve health outcomes. Family medicine as a specialty has developed various training modalities to address needs for specific content training outside of core curriculum. Our study assessed perceived need, interest, content, and duration of specific border health training (BHT) for family medicine residents. ⋯ Results of this study indicate a perceived need and sufficient interest in a range of BHT formats to warrant developing additional experiences. Developing a variety of training experiences can engage a wider audience interested in this topic; that should be done in a way ensuring maximum benefit to border-region communities.