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A survey of medical undergraduate community‐based teaching: taking undergraduate teaching into the community
Author(s) -
LEFFORD F.,
McCRORIE P.,
PERRIN F.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1994.tb02718.x
Subject(s) - medical education , medicine , psychology
Summary: Summary. This article summarizes the findings of a survey investigating the extent to which medical schools in the United Kingdom have developed community‐based undergraduate teaching: the types of courses being run and their content; whether they are being evaluated; and how the students are assessed. Courses have been categorized under four main headings: (1) based in general practice, for teaching about general practice as a clinical specialty or using practice patients for teaching general medicine and basic clinical skills; (2) community‐oriented, led by GP or community tutors; (3) specialist teaching led by hospital consultants; and (4) agency‐based teaching. Twenty‐eight schools responded to a written request for information and details of 83 courses were received.