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Table 4 Student preference for quality improvement education timing

From: Patient safety and quality improvement education: a cross-sectional study of medical students’ preferences and attitudes

Teaching venue

All students N = 357

Preclinical N = 158

Clinical N = 199

Pre-clinical lectures

11.5

12.7

10.6

Community week*

7.6

11.4

4.5

Medical humanities course

4.8

7.0

3.0

Clinical skill course

17.9

24.7

12.6

Clinical Rotations

54.3

39.2

66.3

Other

3.9

5.1

3.0

  1. *Community week is an experience where 1st and 2nd year students go and spend a total of 5 weeks working one-on-one with a primary care preceptor somewhere in North Carolina.