title: A survey of medical undergraduate community-based teaching: taking undergraduate teaching into the community.
abstract: This article summarizes the findings of a survey investigating the extent to which medical schools in the United Kingdom have developed community-based undergraduate teaching: the types of courses being run and their content; whether they are being evaluated; and how the students are assessed. Courses have been categorized under four main headings: (1) based in general practice, for teaching about general practice as a clinical specialty or using practice patients for teaching general medicine and basic clinical skills; (2) community-oriented, led by GP or community tutors; (3) specialist teaching led by hospital consultants; and (4) agency-based teaching. Twenty-eight schools responded to a written request for information and details of 83 courses were received.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lefford
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McCrorie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perrin
mesh_terms: D003154:Community Medicine / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom