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Community-orientated medical education: extending the boundaries.

Community Studies Unit, Department of Primary Care, The University of Liverpool, UK.
Medical Teacher (impact factor: 1.22). 06/2001; 23(3):295-299. DOI:10.1080/01421590120043071 pp.295-299
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ABSTRACT Community-orientated medical practice has become an integral part of the more recent undergraduate curricula, newly emerging as a result of the GMC recommendations for medical education in the future. In most of the courses, students' community activity focuses around the general practitioner and immediate primary care facilities. As part of an integrated community course at Liverpool, second-year students are asked to spend a period of time outside the confines of primary care in the wider community. This paper describes the course and its evaluation by students. The advantages and disadvantages perceived by the students are described, potential outcomes are identified and future improvements are highlighted.

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Keywords

Community-orientated medical practice
 
courses
 
future improvements
 
general practitioner
 
GMC recommendations
 
immediate primary care facilities
 
integral part
 
integrated community course
 
medical education
 
primary care
 
second-year students
 
students
 
students' community activity
 
wider community