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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. ABFM Research Read all 2022 Residency Learning Networks: Why and How. Go to Residency Learning Networks: Why and How. 2017 Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates 2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis 2020 Integrating Community and Clinical Data to Assess Patient Risks with A Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE) Go to Integrating Community and Clinical Data to Assess Patient Risks with A Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE)
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 2022 Residency Learning Networks: Why and How. Go to Residency Learning Networks: Why and How. 2017 Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates 2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis 2020 Integrating Community and Clinical Data to Assess Patient Risks with A Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE) Go to Integrating Community and Clinical Data to Assess Patient Risks with A Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE)
2017 Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates
2008 Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Go to Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis
2020 Integrating Community and Clinical Data to Assess Patient Risks with A Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE) Go to Integrating Community and Clinical Data to Assess Patient Risks with A Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE)
