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Home Research Research Library Purposeful Imprinting in Graduate Medical Education: Opportunities for Partnership Purposeful Imprinting in Graduate Medical Education: Opportunities for Partnership 2021 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Holmboe, Eric S, Bazemore, Andrew W, and George, Brian C Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, and Undergraduate Medical Education Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine Imprinting is a psychological term for “the process by which an organism develops a tendency to remain in proximity with the first stimuli to which it is exposed.” Imprinting stimuli are more or less constant during a very critical period of early development, and unlike associative learning, are not induced by consequences (either rewards or negative feedback). Imprinting comes from stimuli that are early, immersive, and innately comfortable. Similar effects are seen in medical education. Some have referred to imprinting as a “hidden curriculum” that exists in both medical school and graduate medical education (GME), potentially trumping the actual curriculum in terms of lasting impact on practice. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions 2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access 2024 Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving Go to Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving 2008 Using county-level public health data to prioritize medical education topics Go to Using county-level public health data to prioritize medical education topics
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Holmboe, Eric S, Bazemore, Andrew W, and George, Brian C Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, and Undergraduate Medical Education Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions 2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access 2024 Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving Go to Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving 2008 Using county-level public health data to prioritize medical education topics Go to Using county-level public health data to prioritize medical education topics
2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions
2015 Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access Go to Family medicine graduate proximity to their site of training: policy options for improving the distribution of primary care access
2024 Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving Go to Insights From a New National Academies Report on Caregiving
2008 Using county-level public health data to prioritize medical education topics Go to Using county-level public health data to prioritize medical education topics
