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Ross BM, Cameron E, Greenwood D. A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Students and Preceptors Taking Part in Remote and Rural Community Experiential Placements During Early Medical Training. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT 2019; 6:2382120519859311. [PMID: 31286059 PMCID: PMC6600488 DOI: 10.1177/2382120519859311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Medical education can help alleviate the chronic undersupply of physicians to rural communities. Providing students with early rural clinical experiences may allow the gaining of necessary knowledge and skills to practice and live rurally, as well as the desire to do so. PURPOSE This study aims to provide a detailed understanding of Remote and Rural Community Placements (RRCPs) which occur in the second year of a Doctor of Medicine programme. METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Using a thematic analysis approach, we examined the experiences of students and preceptors in the RRCP. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and focus groups. FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS Students valued RRCPs as a formative clinical experience and preceptors gained professionally from participating. The RRCPs enhanced students regard for, and knowledge of, rural medicine. Yet, contrary to the stated aims of the placement, students spent very little time in activities outside of the clinic, neither learning about the community nor about the life of a physician as a community member. IMPLICATIONS Medical educators should recognise that students and preceptors will inevitably place different value on the different sociocultural and perceptual aspects of placements, namely clinical and non-clinical. As such, the curriculum should draw clearly articulated links between each.
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- Brian M Ross
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine,
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
- Faculty of Education, Lakehead
University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
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- Northern Ontario School of Medicine,
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
- Faculty of Education, Lakehead
University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
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- Northern Ontario School of Medicine,
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
- Faculty of Education, Lakehead
University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
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Sideris M, Papalois A, Theodoraki K, Dimitropoulos I, Johnson EO, Georgopoulou EM, Staikoglou N, Paparoidamis G, Pantelidis P, Tsagkaraki I, Karamaroudis S, Potoupnis ME, Tsiridis E, Dedeilias P, Papagrigoriadis S, Papalois V, Zografos G, Triantafyllou A, Tsoulfas G. Promoting Undergraduate Surgical Education: Current Evidence and Students' Views on ESMSC International Wet Lab Course. J INVEST SURG 2016; 30:71-77. [PMID: 27611894 DOI: 10.1080/08941939.2016.1220652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Undergraduate Surgical Education is becoming an essential element in the training of the future generation of safe and efficient surgeons. Essential Skills in the Management of Surgical Cases (ESMSC), is an international, joint applied surgical science and simulation-based learning wet lab course. METHODS We performed a review of the existing literature on the topic of undergraduate surgical education. Following that, we analyzed the feedback questionnaire received 480 from 2 recent series of ESMSC courses (May 2015, n = 49 and November 2015, n = 40), in order to evaluate European Union students' (UK, Germany, Greece) views on the ESMSC course, as well as on the undergraduate surgical education. Results Using a 10 point graded scale, the overall ESMSC concept was positively evaluated, with a mean score of 9.41 ± 0.72 (range: 8-10) and 8.94 ± 1.1 (range: 7-10). The majority of delegates from both series [9.86 ± 0.43 (range: 8-10) and 9.58 ± 0.91 (range: 6-10), respectively] believed that ESMSC should be incorporated in the undergraduate surgical curriculum. Comparison of responses from the UK to the Greek Medical Student, as well as the findings from the third and fourth year versus the fifth and sixth year Medical Students, revealed no statistically significant differences pertaining to any of the questions (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Current evidence in the literature supports the enhancement of surgical education through the systematic use of various modalities that provide Simulation-Based Training (SBT) hands-on experience, starting from the early undergraduate level. The findings of the present study are in agreement with these previous reports.
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- Michail Sideris
- a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow ST1 level , The London Deanery, Queen Mary's University London (QMUL) , London , UK , Lead of the ESMSC Project
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- b Equal Contribution with 1st Author, Director of the Experimental Research Centre ELPEN , Lead of the ESMSC Project
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- d Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrine Medicine , Plymouth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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- e Associate Professor of Anatomy , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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- h Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
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- i Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
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- k Consultant Colorectal Surgeon , King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, King's College London , London , UK
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- l Consultant Transplant Surgeon , Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, Professor of Surgery , Imperial College , London , UK
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- m Professor of Surgery, Vice Rector , University of Athens, Director of 1st Surgical Department , Hippocratio General Hospital, Athens , Greece
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- o Assistant Professor of Surgery , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
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Andalib MM, Malekzadeh MM, Agharahimi Z, Daryabeigi M, Yaghmaei B, Ashrafi MR, Rabbani A, Rezaei N. Evaluation of Educational Environment for Medical Students of a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital in Tehran, Using DREEM Questionnaire. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS 2015; 25:e2362. [PMID: 26495091 PMCID: PMC4610331 DOI: 10.5812/ijp.2362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tertiary pediatric hospitals usually provide excellent clinical services, but such centers have a lot to do for educational perfection. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to address under-graduate educational deficits and find feasible solutions. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was done in a target population of 77 sixth year undergraduate medical students (response rate = 78%) who spent their 3-month pediatric rotation in the Children's Medical Center, the Pediatrics Center of Excellence in Tehran, Iran. The Dundee ready educational environment measure (DREEM) instrument was used for assessing educational environment of this subspecialized pediatric hospital. RESULTS Among 60 students who answered the questionnaires, 24 were male (40%). Participants' age ranged from 23 to 24 years. The mean total score was 95.8 (48%). Comparison of scores based on students' knowledge showed no significant difference. Problematic areas were learning, academic self-perception, and social self-perception. CONCLUSIONS Having an accurate schedule to train general practitioner, using new teaching methods, and providing a non-stressful atmosphere were suggested solutions.
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- Masoud Mohammad Andalib
- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
- Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, IR Iran
- Corresponding author: Nima Rezaei, Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel: +98-2166929234, Fax: +98-2166929235, E-mail:
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Park S, Khan NF, Hampshire M, Knox R, Malpass A, Thomas J, Anagnostelis B, Newman M, Bower P, Rosenthal J, Murray E, Iliffe S, Heneghan C, Band A, Georgieva Z. A BEME systematic review of UK undergraduate medical education in the general practice setting: BEME Guide No. 32. MEDICAL TEACHER 2015; 37:611-630. [PMID: 25945945 DOI: 10.3109/0142159x.2015.1032918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND General practice is increasingly used as a learning environment in undergraduate medical education in the UK. AIM The aim of this project was to identify, summarise and synthesise research about undergraduate medical education in general practice in the UK. METHODS We systematically identified studies of undergraduate medical education within a general practice setting in the UK from 1990 onwards. All papers were summarised in a descriptive report and categorised into two in-depth syntheses: a quantitative and a qualitative in-depth review. RESULTS 169 papers were identified, representing research from 26 UK medical schools. The in-depth review of quantitative papers (n = 7) showed that medical students learned clinical skills as well or better in general practice settings. Students receive more teaching, and clerk and examine more patients in the general practice setting than in hospital. Patient satisfaction and enablement are similar whether a student is present or not in a consultation, however, patients experience lower relational empathy. Two main thematic groups emerged from the qualitative in-depth review (n = 10): the interpersonal interactions within the teaching consultation and the socio-cultural spaces of learning which shape these interactions. The GP has a role as a broker of the interactions between patients and students. General practice is a socio-cultural and developmental learning space for students, who need to negotiate the competing cultures between hospital and general practice. Lastly, patients are transient members of the learning community, and their role requires careful facilitation. CONCLUSIONS General practice is as good, if not better, than hospital delivery of teaching of clinical skills. Our meta-ethnography has produced rich understandings of the complex relationships shaping possibilities for student and patient active participation in learning.
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Maley M, Worley P, Dent J. Using rural and remote settings in the undergraduate medical curriculum: AMEE Guide No. 47. MEDICAL TEACHER 2009; 31:969-83. [PMID: 19909036 DOI: 10.3109/01421590903111234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The goal of global equity in health care requires that the training of health-care professionals be better tuned to meet the needs of the communities they serve. In fact medical education is being driven into isolated communities by factors including workforce undersupply, education pedagogy, medical practice and research needs. Rural and remote medical education (RRME) happens in rural hospitals and rural general practices, singly or in combination, generally for periods of 4 to 40 weeks. An effective RRME programme matches the context of the local health service and community. Its implementation reflects the local capacity for providing learning opportunities, facilitates collaboration of all participants and capitalises on local creativity in teaching. Implementation barriers stem from change management, professional culture and resource allocation. Blending learning approaches as much as technology and local culture allow is central to achieving student learning outcomes and professional development of local medical teachers. RRME harnesses the rich learning environment of communities such that students rapidly achieve competence and confidence in a primary care/generalist setting. Longer programmes with an integrated (generalist) approach based in the immersion learning paradigm appear successful in returning graduates to rural practice and a career track with a quality lifestyle.
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- Moira Maley
- The University of Western Australia, Western Australia.
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Mariolis A, Mihas C, Alevizos A, Papathanasiou M, Mariolis-Sapsakos T, Marayiannis K, Koutsilieris M. Evaluation of a clinical attachment in Primary Health Care as a component of undergraduate medical education. MEDICAL TEACHER 2008; 30:e202-e207. [PMID: 18777420 DOI: 10.1080/01421590802208883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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INTRODUCTION It seems that there is a trend in undergraduate medical education towards including clinical attachments in primary health care (PHC) worldwide. The benefits of such initiatives are already well described. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a clinical attachment in undergraduate medical students in a European country with an odd medical educational system that essentially lacks any kind of academic PHC departments. METHODS The study was undertaken during 2005-2007. A non-mandatory 1-week clinical attachment in PHC/general practice was organized in an urban PHC unit by general practitioners with educational experience in collaboration with the Department of Physiology of the local medical school. The participants were a prospective cohort of medical students in the 2nd year of undergraduate studies. All participating students sat a pre-defined clinical exam which consisted of multiple choice questions, mini case papers and an objective-structured clinical examination before and after the attachment. In addition, the students rated the whole process. RESULTS The response ratio was 77.06%. The mean score on objective structured clinical examination of participants increased from 30.70/100 to 62.28/100 (p < 0.001). The students' impression of the study was rather positive (4.39/5). DISCUSSION The educational intervention of including a clinical attachment in an undergraduate curriculum seems to have encouraging results, considering the peculiarity of inexistence of academic departments of PHC or General Practice in the national medical schools and the inexperience of students regarding similar concepts.
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Al-Dabbagh SA, Al-Taee WG. Evaluation of a task-based community oriented teaching model in family medicine for undergraduate medical students in Iraq. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2005; 5:31. [PMID: 16115312 PMCID: PMC1215485 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-5-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2005] [Accepted: 08/22/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The inclusion of family medicine in medical school curricula is essential for producing competent general practitioners. The aim of this study is to evaluate a task-based, community oriented teaching model of family medicine for undergraduate students in Iraqi medical schools. METHODS An innovative training model in family medicine was developed based upon tasks regularly performed by family physicians providing health care services at the Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) in Mosul, Iraq. Participants were medical students enrolled in their final clinical year. Students were assigned to one of two groups. The implementation group (28 students) was exposed to the experimental model and the control group (56 students) received the standard teaching curriculum. The study took place at the Mosul College of Medicine and at the Al-Hadba PHCC in Mosul, Iraq, during the academic year 1999-2000. Pre- and post-exposure evaluations comparing the intervention group with the control group were conducted using a variety of assessment tools. RESULTS The primary endpoints were improvement in knowledge of family medicine and development of essential performance skills. Results showed that the implementation group experienced a significant increase in knowledge and performance skills after exposure to the model and in comparison with the control group. Assessment of the model by participating students revealed a high degree of satisfaction with the planning, organization, and implementation of the intervention activities. Students also highly rated the relevancy of the intervention for future work. CONCLUSION A model on PHCC training in family medicine is essential for all Iraqi medical schools. The model is to be implemented by various relevant departments until Departments of Family medicine are established.
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- Samim A Al-Dabbagh
- Department of Community Medicine, Mosul College of Medicine, Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq
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- Department of Community Medicine, Mosul College of Medicine, Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq
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Margolis SA, Davies LM, Ypinazar V. Isolated rural general practice as the focus for teaching core clinical rotations to pre-registration medical students. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2005; 5:22. [PMID: 15982418 PMCID: PMC1180439 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-5-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2005] [Accepted: 06/27/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Earlier studies have successfully demonstrated that medical students can achieve success in core clinical rotations with long term attachments in small groups to rural general / family practices. METHODS In this study, three students from a class of 226 volunteered for this 1-year pilot program, conducted by the University of Queensland in 2004, for medical students in the 3rd year of a 4-year graduate entry medical course. Each student was based with a private solo general practitioner in a different rural town between 170 and 270 km from the nearest teaching hospital. Each was in a relatively isolated rural setting, rated 5 or 6 on the RRMA scale (Rural, Remote, Metropolitan Classification: capital city = 1, other metropolitan = 2, large regional city = 3, most remote community = 7). The rural towns had populations respectively of 500, 2000 and 10,000. One practice also had a General Practice registrar. Only one of the locations had doctors in the same town but outside the teaching practice, while all had other doctors within the same area. All 3 supervisors had hospital admitting rights to a hospital within their town. The core clinical rotations of medicine, surgery, mental health, general practice and rural health were primarily conducted within these rural communities, with the student based in their own consulting room at the general practitioner (GP) supervisor's surgery. The primary teacher was the GP supervisor, with additional learning opportunities provided by visiting specialists, teleconferences and university websites. At times, especially during medicine and surgery terms, each student would return to the teaching hospital for additional learning opportunities. RESULTS All students successfully completed the year. There were no statistical differences in marks at summative assessment in each of the five core rotations between the students in this pilot and their peers at the metropolitan or rural hospital based clinical schools. CONCLUSION The results suggest that isolated rural general practice could provide a more substantial role in medical student education.
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- School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Howe A. Patient-centred medicine through student-centred teaching: a student perspective on the key impacts of community- based learning in undergraduate medical education. MEDICAL EDUCATION 2001; 35:666-72. [PMID: 11437969 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2001.00925.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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CONTEXT The UK General Medical Council has proposed that increased use of community settings is essential to enhancement of medical education. However, such curriculum developments have been directed by educationalists and clinical faculty; there is to date little to show whether student perspectives accord with such expectations. AIM To examine student views on whether community-based learning during a UK undergraduate medical education course results in new learning in the areas expected, and to elucidate any process factors which enhance attainment of learning objectives. METHOD Nominal group technique, to develop consensus on important learning outcomes and process factors, and questionnaire survey, developed from the views of the nominal groups. RESULTS 89 students participated (response rate 70% for the nominal groups, and 88% for questionnaire). Students perceived increased learning in many of the areas expected. In particular, students reported significant learning from: witnessing the impact of a longer term and more personal relationship with patients; the visible impact of social environment on health; the importance of dealing with people rather than diseases, and the use of the whole team for care. In addition, they emphasized that tutor, staff and patient enthusiasm for student presence and learning greatly enhanced the student learning experience. CONCLUSIONS Community settings appear to achieve the expected attitudinal adaptation of students. The role of the committed tutor and team is seen as pivotal to learning. The conclusions support an increased emphasis in contemporary medical education and related research activity on the key impact of relationships in the learning environment.
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- A Howe
- Institute of General Practice and Primary Care, Community Sciences Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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Mash B, de Villiers M. Community-based training in family medicine--a different paradigm. MEDICAL EDUCATION 1999; 33:725-729. [PMID: 10583762 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00531.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Community-based education is an important strategy for training students appropriately for delivering primary health care services. A community-based training rotation in Family Medicine and Primary Care was introduced at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, in January 1998. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of final year medical students about the new rotation and to provide feedback on the value of this experience to the Faculty. In this article we explore the influence of differing world views held by biomedically oriented training institutions and the systems view of life adhered to by the discipline of Family Medicine on attempts to reform medical education. METHOD Quantitative and qualitative curriculum evaluation methods, including a questionnaire and focus groups discussions, were used. Students rated the value of the block as 7.8 out of 10. RESULTS Eighty-eight percent of students felt that there should be an earlier exposure to Family Medicine and Primary Care in their training. The main themes identified from the qualitative results supported the literature findings and included the difference in type of practice between tertiary and primary levels of care and the value of learning a new approach to patient care. Despite the fact that the results emphasized the importance of including community-based training in Family Medicine and Primary Care at an early stage in the medical curriculum, resistance to implementation was encountered. This led to reflection on possible reasons on why the recommendations of the study were not immediately adopted into the curriculum.
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- B Mash
- Department of Family Medicine/Primary Care, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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