The development and evaluation of community health competencies for family medicine. WMJ 2007 Oct;106(7):397-401
Date
11/23/2007Pubmed ID
18030828Scopus ID
2-s2.0-35848955866 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 5 CitationsAbstract
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing emphasis on teaching community-responsive care and population health in medical education. This focus requires a multidimensional perspective on community health that examines the determinants, ranges, and variations of health status and disease in the community as a whole.
DESCRIPTION: The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin sought to strengthen the community health curriculum in its residency programs by developing a core set of competencies in community health as well as a service-learning model to teach residents about community needs and strengths.
EVALUATION: A common core curriculum was developed and evaluated based on these competencies.
CONCLUSION: Residents who have mastered these competencies will be capable of functioning more effectively as community-responsive physicians.
Author List
Wolff M, Hamberger LK, Ambuel B, Ahmed S, Swain GR, Hunter P, Smith DMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Clinical CompetenceCommunity Medicine
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate
Family Practice
Humans
Internship and Residency
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Wisconsin
