The role of early inter-professional and inter-agency encounters in increasing students’ awareness of the clinical and community context of medicine

Thandi, C.S.; Forrest, S.P.; Williamson, C.

Abstract

Coordinated input from a variety of health and social care professionals into medical education helps students to become strong, effective, successful and competent future practitioners able to function within the multi-disciplinary environment which characterizes modern medicine. This paper presents a new model of teaching developed within the context of the Phase 1 Medicine Programme at Durham, which has been used to help prepare students for this by intertwining a selection of lectures and activities run by external organizations with additional clinical exposure and experience. This one-week learning journey was called the Additional Clinical Experience (ACE) week, and now forms an integral part of the curriculum at Durham University.

Citation

Thandi, C., Forrest, S., & Williamson, C. (2016). The role of early inter-professional and inter-agency encounters in increasing students’ awareness of the clinical and community context of medicine. Perspectives on Medical Education, 5(4), 240-243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-016-0285-1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 22, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 18, 2016
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 22, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 29, 2016
• Journal: Perspectives on medical education
• Print ISSN: 2212-2761
• Electronic ISSN: 2212-277X
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 240-243
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-016-0285-1