Making family medicine work: Rural community-based and interprofessional medical education.
Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
; 16(1): e1-e3, 2024 Jul 29.
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ABSTRACT
At the University of the Free State, the 5-year MBChB curriculum had to be complemented with community-based education exposure to meet the requirements of the Health Professions Council of South Africa. Following the faculty leadership's vision, an interprofessional training experience was conceptualised and implemented by a project team from the three schools in the Faculty of Health Sciences (Medicine, Nursing, and Health and Rehabilitation Sciences). For the past decade, 4th-year medical students participated in the 2-week rotation in the rural southern Free State province, of which 1 week is spent with students from other health professions programmes in a structured interprofessional learning experience. The other week focuses on the realities of nurse-driven primary healthcare services in a resource-deprived area, including exposure to the programme-guided care for patients with tuberculosis (TB) or chronic diseases, care for pregnant women and for babies, including vaccinations.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Servicios de Salud Rural
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Curriculum
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Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Sudáfrica