Increasing medical students' engagement in public health: case studies illustrating the potential role of online learning | Zendy

Jessica Sheringham | Zendy; Alexander R Lyon | Zendy; Alison Jones | Zendy; Judith Strobl | Zendy; Helen Barratt | Zendy

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Increasing medical students' engagement in public health: case studies illustrating the potential role of online learning

Author(s) -

Jessica Sheringham,

Alexander R Lyon,

Alison Jones,

Judith Strobl,

Helen Barratt

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv140

Subject(s) - public health , public engagement , medical education , medicine , environmental health , psychology , public relations , political science , nursing

The value of e-learning in medical education is widely recognized but there is little evidence of its value in teaching medical students about public health. Such evidence is needed because medical students' engagement with public health has been low. We present three recent case studies from UK medical schools to illustrate diverse ways in which online approaches can increase medical students' engagement with learning public health.

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