Academic Medical Preceptorship for Congressional Aides

To the Editor: Members of Congress rely on their legislative aides to provide detailed background analyses of pending legislative issues. A landmark survey conducted by Grupenhoff* in 1983 revealed that although such persons usually have a strong educational background, only 2 per cent of the congre...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 1985-05, Vol.312 (19), p.1263-1263
1. Verfasser: Weary, P E
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:To the Editor: Members of Congress rely on their legislative aides to provide detailed background analyses of pending legislative issues. A landmark survey conducted by Grupenhoff* in 1983 revealed that although such persons usually have a strong educational background, only 2 per cent of the congressional aides who deal regularly with health care policy issues have been trained in a health care profession. It therefore seemed appropriate to create an educational program for congressional aides in an academic medical center to provide them with direct experience so they could more readily assess the need for, and potential impact of, new . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198505093121924