Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship
Advantages of LICs for Students and Patients
Advantages for Students
- Participate more fully in patient care as you work alongside community providers in a range of clinical settings
- Improve information recall and deepen clinical competencies through continuous development throughout the year
- Develop collegial relationships with preceptors and spend more time with them throughout the year, improving your learning experience and expanding your professional network
- Develop meaningful provider-patient relationships and cultivate empathy by following the same patients throughout the year
Advantages for Patients
- Enjoy continuity of care and increased patient satisfaction by seeing the same health care team throughout the year
- Receive improved care through the combined aptitude of a seasoned provider and a student with a fresh perspective
- Help shape effective, empathetic future physicians interested in serving your community
“The structure of the longitudinal clerkship sustains students’ patient-centeredness. They understand their patients’ experience of care and come to know them as individuals instead of as illnesses to be diagnosed and treated.”
Ann N. Poncelet, MD, Karen E. Hauer, MD, and Bridget O’Brien, PhD, “The Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship,” AMA Journal of Ethics, 2009