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Community based medical education in a rural area: A new direction in undergraduate training
Author(s) -
Joachim P. Sturmberg,
Anthony M Reid,
Khadra Mh
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1584.9.s1.6.x
Subject(s) - citation , training (meteorology) , rural community , medical education , library science , computer science , medicine , sociology , geography , socioeconomics , meteorology
The Greater Murray Clinical School provides a community based medical education programme for the clinical years at the University of New South Wales. Being a new clinica school in rural Australia allowed the development of a patient-centred longitudinal curriculum. Students follow patients through the health care system, with each exposure stimulating the learning about different aspects of a patient problem. The paper outlines the conceptual approach towards the development and implementation of this novel approach to community based medical education.