Assessing the medium-term effects of a community-based medical education program with homestay practice: a cohort study in Tamba, Japan.

There was a statistically significant application rate for residency programs among medical students who participated in the CBME program in their senior years compared with those who did not. This is the first study to confirm the medium-term effects of CBME after several years in short-term CBME programs of three days and two nights.