On the up side, the scale and scope of ambulatory training are greater than expected. The community impact of ambulatory care has been beneficial. Besides, being able to teach is a retention tool. On the down side, teaching sites have higher costs than other sites, and teachers have less time for patients. However, teachers' weekly productivity exceeds that of nonteachers.
Students can save the doctor time that can be traded for teaching time.
He puts students to work. They bring the patient to an exam room, take the patient's history, and often do parts of the exam and present patients in the exam room. FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department .