LSU Medical Center initiates family medicine clerkship program for third year medical students

This article takes note of the family physician shortage in Louisiana and the continuing need to inform medical students of the career choice in family medicine. Drs English, Gatipon, and Catlin describe the planning stages, the training of clinical teachers, and the implementation of a third (junior) year required clerkship in family medicine at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. The students who participated in the pilot year of the program have been enthusiastic about the value of the experience in their total medical education.