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This precourse is designed to help orient new internal medicine clerkship directors to their positions.  Experienced faculty will lead discussions of evaluation and grading, curriculum development, teaching strategies, and career development of the clerkship director.  Interested participants will be assigned a mentor from the CDIM membership. This precourse is designed for the clerkship director with fewer than three years of experience in this position.

This precourse is designed to facilitate the exchange of ides and share unique solutions to administrative responsibilities. Presentations will address leadership, career development, communication, and presentation skills. Ample time will be allowed for networking. This precourse is designed for staff who administer the internal medicine clerkship or who interact regularly with student an residents in an educational context; administrators at all experience levels are welcome.

CDIM is a major contributor to the ACE Guidebook for Clerkship Directors.   The book offers advice and practical solutions to the issues that affect clerkship directors across disciplines, including orientation, curriculum, evaluation, instructional strategies, role of the director and administrator, and faculty and career development.

The Alliance for Clinical Education offers the book as downloadable PDFs or for sale as a print product.

The 2008 Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) Survey is now open for completion. This year’s survey is sent only to institutional members of CDIM. Survey results will enable CDIM to describe important educational practices in internal medicine, including the use of reflective writing, the use of simulation, steps taken to prepare residents to teach medical students, and institutional members’ perceptions of the CDIM-SGIM Core Medicine Clerkship Curriculum Guide.