Training medical undergraduates in the core disciplines of community medicine through community postings-an experience from India  

作　　者：Hemant Deepak Shewade Chinnakali Palanivel Kathiresan Jeyashree 

机构地区：[1]Department of Community Medicine,Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute,Puducherry,India [2]Department of Community Medicine,Velammal Medical College Hospital&Research Institute,Madurai,India [3]International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease(The Union),South-East Asia Office,C-6,Qutub Institutional Area,New Delhi,India [4]Department of Preventive and Social Medicine,Jawaharlal Insti-tute of Postgraduate Medical Edu-cation and Research(JIPMER),Puducherry,India

出　　处：《Family Medicine and Community Health》2016年第3期45-50,共6页家庭医学与社区卫生（英文）

摘　　要：Objective:Family medicine,epidemiology,health management and health promotion are the core disciplines of community medicine.In this paper,we discuss the development of a commu-nity posting program within the framework of community medicine core disciplines at a primary health centre attached to a teaching hospital in Puducherry,India.Methods:This is a process documentation of our experience.Results:There were some shortcomings which revolved around the central theme that post-ings were conducted with department in the teaching hospital as the focal point,not the primary health centre(PHC).To address the shortcomings,we made some changes in the existing com-munity posting program in 2013.Student feedback aimed at Kirkpatrick level 1(satisfaction)evaluation revealed that they appreciated the benefits of having the posting with PHC as the focal point.Feedback recommended some further changes in the community posting which could be addressed through complete administrative control of the primary health centre as urban health and training center of the teaching hospital;and also through practice of core disciplines of com-munity medicine by faculty of community medicine.Conclusion:It is important to introduce the medical undergraduates to the core disciplines of community medicine early through community postings.Community postings should be con-ducted with primary health centre or urban health and training centre as the focal point.

关 键 词：Family medicine community posting clinical posting community-based medical education undergraduate medical education EPIDEMIOLOGY health management health promotion 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]