Bruce Peyser, MD, a clinician-educator in DGIM, will co-chair, along with Robyn Latessa, MD, from UNC SOM Asheville, the upcoming “Consortium for Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) 2015.” This large conference takes place Oct 4-8, 2015, beginning with 2 days in Durham, then 2 days in Asheville. The CLIC is a relatively new movement in medical education that uses continuity as an organizing principle.
Growing interest in longitudinal care
Interest is growing in this concept of teaching with continuity in the outpatient setting. The idea is that the trainee sees a patient in the clinic and returns at an interval and sees the same patient. This is the longitudinal exposure to patient care. The belief is improved experience and inspiration for students to pursue this career path.
This year 225 have registered to attend and at least 65 are coming because they represent programs that are thinking about this model. Day 1 is focused on this group. It includes a workshop by Duke physicians teaching efficiencies in the clinic. Note also that CLIC actually is an international conference with at least 20 attendees coming from countries such as Canada, Australia, and Singapore.
Duke gets involved in CLIC
Locally, Dr. Peyser leads the Primary Care Leadership Track (PCLT) program in internal medicine. The past four years he has given presentations during this CLIC conference along with other Duke colleagues — Dr. Barbara Sheline (CFM) and Dr. Joseph Jackson (Peds). Duke has always contributed significantly to CLIC with presentations and workshops. Last year the leaders asked if our Duke team would be interested to host the conference. Dr. Peyser was identified as the co-chair.
Expected conference outcomes
When asked about the expected outcomes for this conference, Dr. Peyser replied: (1) to provide help Day 1 for those thinking about adopting this model, (2) to strengthen the PCLT program, (3) to have discussions with other specialties than primary care, and (4) to spread the word about the fun of learners alongside the attending, not just for the trainee, but the patient and the attending.
If you plan to attend, it would be great to see live tweets to let the rest of us know what’s happening. Learn about live tweeting from this GIM blog post.