The ambulatory long-block: an accreditation council for graduate medical education (ACGME) educational innovations project (EIP).

Introduction: Historical bias toward service-oriented inpatient graduate medical education experiences has hindered both resident education and care of patients in the ambulatory setting.

Aim: Describe and evaluate a residency redesign intended to improve the ambulatory experience for residents and patients.

Setting: Categorical Internal Medicine resident ambulatory practice at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center.