Effect of an Immersive Primary Care Training Program on Educational and Clinical Outcomes in an Internal Medicine Residency Training Program: Meeting the Training Needs of a Modern-Day Physician Workforce.

Background: Residents planning careers in primary care have unique training needs that are not addressed in traditional internal medicine training programs, where there is a focus on inpatient training. There are no evidence-based approaches for primary care training.

Objectives: Design and test the effect of a novel immersive primary care training program on educational and clinical outcomes.