Teaching general rules during ambulatory education.

(Fam Med 2003;35(3):160-2.) Editor’s Note: In this month’s column, Michael Grover, DO, assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, Calif, expands on one of the principles of the “One Minute Preceptor.” 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 [email protected]. William Huang, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, 5510 Greenbriar, Houston, TX 77005-2638. 713-798-6271. Fax: 713-7988472. 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.