Family medicine
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Physician demographics in North America do not yet reflect the diversity of the communities they serve, accounted to systemic barriers targeting underrepresented in medicine (URiM) groups. URiM medical graduates are more likely to pursue generalist specialties, including family medicine. Mini Med Schools (MMSs) are pathway programs intended to motivate URiM youth to pursue medicine. A gap in literature exists regarding the potential of MMSs to provide youth with useful information. We examined the extent to which youth reported a change in knowledge about medicine as a career before and after attending an MMS. ⋯ These findings highlight MMSs as a promising strategy to provide knowledge about medical careers beyond instilling motivation. By both inspiring and informing URiM youth, the long-term outcome of diversifying medicine may be achieved.
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From 2020 to 2022, multiple medical schools transitioned from teaching patient care directly to online electives. Family medicine program directors reported on these learners' abilities to meet the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies during residency. The authors hypothesized an increased need for medical knowledge remediation in the 2023 Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) study. ⋯ Professionalism remains the top core competency requiring remediation. We found no associations between resident, program, training, or program director factors and the core competency requiring remediation, the number of residents needing remediation, or the percentage of residents who completed remediation.