Family Medicine in the Undergraduate Curriculum

Family Medicine in the Undergraduate Curriculum
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 394
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ISBN-10 : 9781000953589
ISBN-13 : 1000953580
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Book Synopsis Family Medicine in the Undergraduate Curriculum by : Val Wass

Download or read book Family Medicine in the Undergraduate Curriculum written by Val Wass and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been recognised by governments and healthcare organisations worldwide that for Universal Healthcare in pursuit of Health for All under the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved, effective primary care that is integrated, accessible, and affordable for everyone is essential. This practical guide is the first designed specifically to support those planning and conducting family medicine/primary care education within medical schools around the world. It offers medical educators a collection of concise easy to follow chapters, guiding the reader through the curriculum requirements with key references for further detail. Plain English and practical, deliverable advice, adaptable to different contexts, ensures the content is accessible to those educating medical students in any country, while the structure within sections ensures that family medicine doctors and educators can dip into chapters relevant to their roles, for example curriculum design for academic educators or teaching methods for those educating in clinical practice. Key Features ■ The first “how-to” guide dedicated to effective integration of family medicine teaching into medical school curricula ■ Offers a strong evidence-based framework for integrating family medicine into medical schools ■ Wide in scope, for academics and educationalists at all levels and in all geographies, reflecting and embracing the experience and variation in family medicine across the globe to produce pragmatic and effective information on which medical schools can base change ■ Step-by-step introduction to the processes of literature review (establishing the existing knowledge base), choosing a topic, research questions, and methodology, conducting research, and disseminating results ■ Supported by the WONCA Working Party on Education The book is edited and authored by members of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Working Party on Education, which is ideally placed to offer a strong platform for medical schools to integrate family medicine whatever the local context, enabling all future doctors, whatever their career aspiration, to understand the importance of family medicine to health systems and holistic medicine and encourage family medicine doctors to inspire students to consider a career in the field.


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