Open AccessHolistic Approach in Managing a Clinical Learning Environment: 3Cs Approach
Author(s) -
Po Jie Shandy Poh,
Heng Li,
Su Ping Yeo,
Shing Chuan Hooi,
Tang Ching Lau,
Sin Chuan Tay,
Dujeepa D. Samarasekera
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
mededpublish
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2312-7996
DOI - 10.15694/mep.2016.000095
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , institution , psychology , knowledge management , educational institution , medical education , public relations , medicine , pedagogy , sociology , political science , computer science , social science , programming language
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Focus of medical education presently is how best to develop an effective future practitioner with the relevant set of skills and knowledge. These responsibilities largely hinge on the teachers involved in the training program especially during the clinical years of learning. The teachers' effectiveness is in turn, greatly dependent on both their intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. However, these aspects are often neglected. Hence, it is pertinent that medical schools understand the needs of clinicians and support them as educators. In the paper, we will describe how a Singapore medical school established sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship using a novel 3Cs approach- Connect, Communicate and Collaborate. The paper elaborates the rationale of the concept, operational processes, results of early success as well as limitations and future opportunities. This model can be useful and relevant to other medical schools and institutions where the students spend significant time of their training outside the parent institution on how best to develop sustainable relationships with external faculty.