Impacts of longitudinal training in patient-centered medicine on trainee physicians’ career choices and practice behaviors

Our study provides evidence regarding the impacts of the PCM Scholars Program graduates' career choices and their competencies to practice patient-centered care. The PCM Scholars Program has led to meaningful contributions to training the future healthcare workforce, to address the needs of our evolving patient populations with a special focus on advancing social justice and health equity. Long term, this work will continue to focus on bridging the gap between health professions education and practice and creating transformative educational innovations responsive to the need for a highly trained healthcare workforce that can meet the challenges of the 21 ^st century.