Promoting the development of doctoring competencies in clinical settings.

Background And Objectives: This UME-21 project was developed to promote a variety of clinical competencies during a 12-week medicine clerkship for third-year students.

Methods: The clerkship is divided into three 4-week rotations--two inpatient rotations and one outpatient rotation. During each rotation, students select a competency, review the module about that competency on the clerkship Web site, and perform a literature search.