TY - JOUR
T1 - General practitioners' experience of teaching a community course to undergraduate medical students
T2 - A qualitative study
AU - Lammie, Shona
AU - Van Teijlingen, Edwin
AU - Sinclair, Hazel
AU - Smith, Blair
AU - French, Fiona
AU - Taylor, Ross
PY - 2002/5
Y1 - 2002/5
N2 - The General Medical Council recommended changes in the medical curricula of UK universities in 1993. Consequently, the University of Aberdeen designed a new course to introduce 'health and normality' through group work, community-based teaching and early patient contact. To ascertain the views of general practitioners (family physicians) on their experience of tutoring on, their attitudes towards, and perceptions of, the new course, they were surveyed by means of a small-scale questionnaire study followed by semi-structured interviews. These showed that they generally enjoyed tutoring and appreciated the students' opportunity for early patient contact and the emphasis on group work. However, constraints on teaching accommodation in the community and general practitioners' time need to be borne in mind when designing a community-based curriculum, in order to maintain overall quality, and tutors' motivation and enthusiasm.
AB - The General Medical Council recommended changes in the medical curricula of UK universities in 1993. Consequently, the University of Aberdeen designed a new course to introduce 'health and normality' through group work, community-based teaching and early patient contact. To ascertain the views of general practitioners (family physicians) on their experience of tutoring on, their attitudes towards, and perceptions of, the new course, they were surveyed by means of a small-scale questionnaire study followed by semi-structured interviews. These showed that they generally enjoyed tutoring and appreciated the students' opportunity for early patient contact and the emphasis on group work. However, constraints on teaching accommodation in the community and general practitioners' time need to be borne in mind when designing a community-based curriculum, in order to maintain overall quality, and tutors' motivation and enthusiasm.
KW - Community-based education
KW - General practice
KW - Undergraduate education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036590789&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036590789
VL - 13
SP - 239
EP - 248
JO - Education for Primary Care
JF - Education for Primary Care
SN - 1473-9879
IS - 2
ER -
