Although there is substantial evidence that longitudinal primary care is associated with improved health outcomes and lower health costs for patients, the United States is suffering from a growing shortage of primary care physicians. Residency programs' outpatient learning environments are often undervalued and under-resourced. To address the increasing need for primary care physicians, residencies must find ways to foster awareness and enthusiasm about opportunities in primary care. Within our internal medicine residency program, we developed a monthly primary care community night for residents and faculty called “GIMboree.” Our main objectives for these evenings are to increase residents' sense of interest in primary care careers through exposure to general internal medicine (GIM) and geriatrics role models, strengthen medical knowledge related to outpatient medicine through a journal club, and foster a community in which residents feel supported in their outpatient interests.
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