Medical learners face many challenging transitions. We prospectively explored students'
perceptions of their upcoming transition to clerkship and their future professional selves. In …

Background Medical students perceive the transition to clerkship education as stressful and
challenging and view themselves as novices during their rotation in clerkship education. The …

Background The transition from university-based to clerkship-based education can be
challenging. Medical schools have introduced strategies to ease the transition, but there has …

Purpose Despite curricular shifts toward a clinically oriented first two years of medical
school, students continue to struggle with the transition to clerkships. Transition courses are …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 362–371 Objectives Context has been recognised as a key
variable in studies of medical student professionalism, yet the effect of students' stage of …

Context This paper describes the transition processes experienced by Year 3 medical
students during their longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC). The authors conceptualise the …

Objectives: The preclinical years of undergraduate medical education provide educational
content in a structured learning environment whereas clerkships provide clinical training in a …

Setting Before 2013, between the preclinical (2 years) and clinical (2 years) phases of the
curriculum, all students at VCU-SOM completed a 1-week clinical orientation. This …

Background Despite the emphasis on the uniqueness and educational importance of clinical
clerkships in medical education, there is a lack of deep understanding of their educational …

Phenomenon: Clerkship is a challenging transition during which medical students must
learn to navigate the responsibilities of medical school and clinical medicine. We explored …