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.

doi:10.1007/s40037-016-0285-1

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.

Authors

C.S. Thandi

Professor Simon Forrest simon.forrest@durham.ac.uk
Head Of St Hild And St Bede College

C. Williamson

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

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