Abstract
The first two editions were written to help clerkship directors develop and improve their clerkships and were published in 1995 and 2000 by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) under the auspices of the Alliance for Clinical Education (ACE). ACE was established in 1992 to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching, and educational research among clerkship directors. The constituent organizations are Association for Surgical Education (ASE), Association of Medical Student Educators in Psychiatry (ADMSEP), Association of Professors of Gynecology/Obstetrics (APGO), Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM), Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP), Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors (CNCD), and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM).