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137.39 MEDICAL SCHOOL INITIATIVES.
Subdivision 1. Modified school initiatives. The University of Minnesota Medical School is
requested to study the demographic characteristics of students that are associated with a primary
care career choice. The medical school is requested to modify the selection process for medical
students based on the results of this study, in order to increase the number of medical school
graduates choosing careers in primary care.
Subd. 2. Design of curriculum. The medical school is requested to ensure that its curriculum
provides students with early exposure to primary care physicians and primary care practice, and
to address other primary care curriculum issues such as public health, preventive medicine, and
health care delivery. The medical school is requested to also support premedical school educational
initiatives that provide students with greater exposure to primary care physicians and practices.
Subd. 3. Clinical experiences in primary care. The medical school is requested to develop
a program to provide students with clinical experiences in primary care settings in internal
medicine and pediatrics. The program must provide training experiences in medical clinics in rural
Minnesota communities, as well as in community clinics and health maintenance organizations in
the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
History: 1992 c 549 art 6 s 5; 1993 c 345 art 11 s 13,14
Subdivision 1. Modified school initiatives. The University of Minnesota Medical School is
requested to study the demographic characteristics of students that are associated with a primary
care career choice. The medical school is requested to modify the selection process for medical
students based on the results of this study, in order to increase the number of medical school
graduates choosing careers in primary care.
Subd. 2. Design of curriculum. The medical school is requested to ensure that its curriculum
provides students with early exposure to primary care physicians and primary care practice, and
to address other primary care curriculum issues such as public health, preventive medicine, and
health care delivery. The medical school is requested to also support premedical school educational
initiatives that provide students with greater exposure to primary care physicians and practices.
Subd. 3. Clinical experiences in primary care. The medical school is requested to develop
a program to provide students with clinical experiences in primary care settings in internal
medicine and pediatrics. The program must provide training experiences in medical clinics in rural
Minnesota communities, as well as in community clinics and health maintenance organizations in
the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
History: 1992 c 549 art 6 s 5; 1993 c 345 art 11 s 13,14
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