Journal of medical education
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A new required clinical clerkship in family medicine at Duke University School of Medicine is described in terms of planning, implementation, and modification in response to students' evaluations. Seventy-five percent of the eight-week course involves direct clinical experience both in academic practices and community sites, and 25 percent is spent in small group seminars and workshops. ⋯ Several modifications made in the clerkship over a three-year period have raised the students' ratings to near their ratings of the five traditional clerkships. The data demonstrate that family medicine can be taught effectively as a core clinical rotation and can broaden the general education of medical students.