The Community as Preclinical Classroom: Experience with a First-Year Clerkship.

And Others; Hays, Charles W.

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Publication Date: 1980-Jul

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The Community as Preclinical Classroom: Experience with a First-Year Clerkship.

And Others; Hays, Charles W.

Journal of Medical Education, v55 n7 p602-09 Jul 1980

The required first-year clerkship in family and community medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is discussed. The goals and objectives and the teaching methods used to implement the program are described. It is suggested that community medicine clerkships belong in the first year of the curriculum. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Community Health Services, Curriculum Development, Family Practice (Medicine), Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Medical Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Student Teacher Supervisors

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Language: English

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