A simple five-step method for teaching clinical skills.

(Fam Med 2001;33(8):577-8.) Editor’s Note: In this month’s column, John H. George, PhD, of Penn State College of Medicine, and Frank X. Doto, MS, of County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ, describe a method to improve psychomotor procedure training for our learners. I welcome your comments about this feature, which is also published on the STFM Web site at www.stfm.org. I also encourage all predoctoral directors to make copies of this feature and distribute it to their preceptors (with the appropriate Family Medicine citation). Send your submissions to Paul Paulman, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine, 983075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3075. 402-559-6818. Fax: 402-559-6501. [email protected]. Submissions should be no longer than 3–4 double-spaced pages. References can be used but are not required. Count each table or figure as one page of text.