Can Nurses Teach Tomorrow's Doctors? A Nursing Perspective on Involvement in Community-Based Medical Education.

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Title: Can Nurses Teach Tomorrow's Doctors? A Nursing Perspective on Involvement in Community-Based Medical Education.
Language: English
Authors: Howe, Amanda, Crofts, Deborah, Billingham, Kate
Source: Medical Teacher. Nov 2000 22(6):576-581.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 2000
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Community Education, Educational Change, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Medical Education, Nurses, Primary Health Care
ISSN: 0142-159X
Abstract: Points out the increasing importance of primary care which suggests an important role for the whole primary healthcare team in the education of 'tomorrow's doctors'. Uses a questionnaire survey to elicit the perspective of n=65 community-based nurses involved in a new undergraduate medical course. Reports a need for structural changes in the process of multidisciplinary medical education. Includes 24 references. (Author/YDS)
Journal Code: CIJOCT2002
Entry Date: 2002
Accession Number: EJ647841
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Points out the increasing importance of primary care which suggests an important role for the whole primary healthcare team in the education of 'tomorrow's doctors'. Uses a questionnaire survey to elicit the perspective of n=65 community-based nurses involved in a new undergraduate medical course. Reports a need for structural changes in the process of multidisciplinary medical education. Includes 24 references. (Author/YDS)
ISSN:0142-159X