A Student's Perspective on Community Medicine and the Health Crisis.

Lowenstein, Steven R.

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A Student's Perspective on Community Medicine and the Health Crisis

Lowenstein, Steven R.

Journal of Medical Education, 53, 5, 397-401, May 78

Problems of teaching and learning community medicine are discussed. Community medicine curricula must include experiential learning, with real patients and problems, in order to prove that health is affected by culture, politics, the environment, and individual behavior. (Author/LBH)

Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Educational Objectives, Environmental Influences, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Life Style, Medical Education, Preventive Medicine, Primary Health Care, Public Health, Student Attitudes, Student Teacher Supervisors, Teaching Methods

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