?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Medical+Student+Summer+Externship+Program%3A+Increasing+the+Number+Matching+in+Family+Practice&rft.creator=Cronau%2C++MD%2C+Holly&rft.creator=Haines+%2C+PhD%2C+Danell+J.&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Abstract%3A+Background+and+Objectives.+The+number+of+US+allopathic+medical+school+graduates+choosing+a+residency+in+family+medicine+has+fallen+from+13.4%25+in+1999+to+10.5%25+in+2002.+Concern+about+declining+numbers+has+led+to+the+development+of+programs+to+provide+medical+students+exposure+to+family+medicine+outside+the+clerkship.+This+paper+reports+on+the+development+and+longitudinal+achievements+of+a+clinical+summer+externship+program+1993+to+1999.%0AMethods.+The+program+description%2C+practice+settings%2C+students%E2%80%99+experiences%2C+and+department+commitment+are+described.+The+purpose+of+this+prospective+study+is+to+determine+the+percentage+of+family+medicine+summer+externship+participants+(n%3D115)+who+match+into+family+medicine.%0AResults.+During+the+six+years+studied%2C+49+(43.4%25)+of+the+participants+matched+into+family+medicine.+Program+participants+viewed+the+program+favorably%2C+mean+%3D+5.82+out+of+6.%0AConclusions.+The+Ohio+State+University+Department+of+Family+Medicine+Medical+Student+Summer+Externship+Program+demonstrates+an+effective+educational+experience+that+can+increase+and%2For+attain+the+proportion+of+students+going+into+family+medicine+at+the+time+of+graduation.&rft.date=2004-02&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3629%2F1%2Ft0000048.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cronau%2C+MD%2C+Holly+and+Haines+%2C+PhD%2C+Danell+J.++(2004)+Medical+Student+Summer+Externship+Program%3A+Increasing+the+Number+Matching+in+Family+Practice.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3629%2F