Teaching Medicine in the Community A Guide for Undergraduate Education

by Whitehouse, C.; Roland, M.; Campion, P.

• ISBN13: 9780192626530
• ISBN10: 0192626531
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is for all those who teach general practice to medical students, both those based in academic departments and 'service' general practitioners. It aims to combine the theoretical basis for teaching with practical material, and explores the extent to which general practice can and should take on teaching, which is traditionally carried out in hospitals (e.g. basic clinical skills training).

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
Part One Background	3	(18)
1 Introduction	3	(18)
Part Two What is to be learned and when?--setting objectives	21	(34)
2 Contemporary approaches to education and learning	21	(9)
3 Objectives of undergraduate medical education	30	(10)
4 Learning objectives for the community	40	(15)
Part Three Approaches for learning	55	(86)
5 One-to-one teaching	55	(11)
6 Learning on one's own: projects and independent tasks	66	(4)
7 Learning in small groups	70	(10)
8 Lectures and laboratories	80	(6)
9 Choosing an approach	86	(4)
10 Learning how to assess the needs of a population	90	(4)
11 Learning about the family	94	(5)
12 Learning about health promotion and prevention	99	(5)
13 Learning about disease, illness, and treatment	104	(14)
14 Learning how to assess patients	118	(15)
15 Learning about ethics	133	(8)
Part Four Innovative approaches to learning and teaching in general practice	141	(38)
16 The family attachment scheme at Queen's University, Belfast	141	(3)
Kieran McGlade
17 The Community Module: adopting a community-oriented approach in partnership with the community	144	(5)
Geoff Wykurz
18 Patients as partners in medical education	149	(4)
Diana Kelly
19 An integrated course in public health and primary care	153	(3)
Susanna Graham-Jones
Martin Lawrence
20 The King's Medical Firm in the Community	156	(3)
Joanna Collerton
Paul Booton
21 Developing an experimental parallel-track medical course: the Cambridge Community-based Clinical Course	159	(3)
Nigel Oswald
22 Teaching cultural aspects of health	162	(3)
Paramjit S. Gill
David Adshead
23 Shadowing other professionals: a short course introducing preclinical students to other health care professions	165	(3)
Len Biran
24 Mental health in the community	168	(3)
Chris Dowrick
25 Audit projects	171	(3)
Dominic Blackie
Peter Campion
26 Student-completed records of learning	174	(5)
Colin Bradley
Part Five Assessment and testing	179	(34)
27 The purpose of assessing medical students	179	(4)
Gareth Holsgrove
28 Principles of assessment	183	(3)
Gareth Holsgrove
29 Assessing knowledge	186	(9)
Gareth Holsgrove
30 Assessing clinical skills	195	(3)
Gareth Holsgrove
31 Assessing communication skills	198	(7)
Lesley Southgate
32 Guidelines for assessing clinical competence	205	(2)
Lesley Southgate
33 Evaluating the curriculum	207	(6)
Gareth Holsgrove
Part Six Conclusion	213	(7)
34 Demonstrating the benefits	213	(3)
35 Changing education in the 21st century	216	(4)
References	220	(7)
Index	227