Paint Me a Picture: Adding Patient Imaging Experiences and Radiology to a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship

Abstract

Despite the increasing prevalence of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs), there is a paucity of published LIC models which directly integrate radiology into longitudinal clinical experiences, instead favoring protected time for radiology didactics or a more traditional block rotation (BR). [1][2][3] Such models miss the opportunity to better capture longitudinal clinical and professional relationships and the integration of system-based care which defines LICs. We sought to explore if the core constructs of LICs could be expanded to incorporate radiology learning objectives in a pilot LIC Radiology program.