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 …

Students have reported several challenging aspects of the transition to clerkships, such as
applying clinical knowledge, learning experientially, using clinical skills, adjusting to clinical …

Starting clerkships is anxiety provoking for medical students. To ease the transition from
preclerkship to clerkship curricula, schools offer classroom-based courses which may not be …

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

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

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

Context The transition to clinical training within medical school is often seen as a struggle
and students remain in distress despite numerous efforts to minimise threats. Efforts to …

Background and Objectives: Despite the move toward integrated 4-year medical school
curricula, many medical schools still offer a “2+ 2” curriculum divided into preclinical and …

The authors present follow-up to a prior publication, which proposed a new model for third-
year clerkships. The new model was created to address deficiencies in the clinical year and …

The transition from undergraduate medical education to learning in clinical clerkships can
be difficult for students. Learning in clinical practice requires awareness of learning …