TY - JOUR
T1 - Becoming better health care providers
T2 - Outcomes of a primary care service-learning project in medical school
AU - Olney, Cynthia A.
AU - Livingston, Judith E.
AU - Fisch, Stanley I.
AU - Talamantes, Melissa A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Cynthia A. Olney is Evaluation Consultant, Greensboro, NC. Judith E. Livingston and Stanley I. Fisch are affiliated with the Pediatrics/School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Melissa A. Talamantes, is affiliated with the Family and Community Medicine/ School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The project team wishes to thank the Regional Academic Health Center faculty and staff, medical students, community-based organizations and their staff, and the communities of the Lower Rio Grande Valley for their participation and support. They also appreciate Marcie Isaacs’ help with manuscript preparation. The Multidisciplinary Primary Care Project is supported, in part, by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Predoctoral Training in Primary Care grant 1 D16 HP 00070-03.
PY - 2006/7/26
Y1 - 2006/7/26
N2 - Medical educators have begun to embrace service-learning as a method for teaching medical students to be more socially responsible, patient-oriented practitioners. However, research documenting the learning outcomes of service-learning in medical education is limited. In this paper, written documents generated through evaluation of a mandatory, structured community service-learning experience were analyzed qualitatively to discover the diverse learning outcomes among 24 students who participated in the experience. Preliminary findings indicate that students developed skills and attitudes directly related to competencies of concern in most U.S. medical programs. These preliminary findings may help other programs articulate learning outcomes for their service-learning programs. Further, these preliminary findings may stimulate more systematic research (qualitative and quantitative) in this area.
AB - Medical educators have begun to embrace service-learning as a method for teaching medical students to be more socially responsible, patient-oriented practitioners. However, research documenting the learning outcomes of service-learning in medical education is limited. In this paper, written documents generated through evaluation of a mandatory, structured community service-learning experience were analyzed qualitatively to discover the diverse learning outcomes among 24 students who participated in the experience. Preliminary findings indicate that students developed skills and attitudes directly related to competencies of concern in most U.S. medical programs. These preliminary findings may help other programs articulate learning outcomes for their service-learning programs. Further, these preliminary findings may stimulate more systematic research (qualitative and quantitative) in this area.
KW - Community service-learning
KW - Medical students
KW - Primary care
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U2 - 10.1300/J005v32n01_09
DO - 10.1300/J005v32n01_09
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17000606
AN - SCOPUS:33748479947
SN - 0270-3114
VL - 32
SP - 133
EP - 147
JO - Community Mental Health Review
JF - Community Mental Health Review
IS - 1-2
ER -