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The primary health care team: linked group discussion as a learning medium
Author(s) -
Milne M. Ann
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1981.tb03233.x
Subject(s) - visitor pattern , primary care , psychology , nursing , primary health care , medical education , health care , medicine , family medicine , economic growth , computer science , economics , programming language
This paper describes the use of ‘free group discussion’ hnked to patient management questionnaires as a method of improving learning in roles by students of the professions who comprise the primary health care team, i.e. general practitioner, health visitor, social worker, district nurse. It demonstrates that the students who were involved in group discussion gave a higher level of response and were more specific in their actions than students who did not participate in discussion but who were otherwise subjected to the same experience. Although there were no significant differences which may indicate changes in behaviour, this paper also highlights the difficulty of measuring learning.