Education for primary health care: accommodating the new realities.
The didactic, authoritarian model in which learners are lectured by teachers cannot meet the needs of people intending to work in health systems where equity, self-reliance, community participation and intersectoral collaboration are the watchwords. The author discusses how the education of health professionals for roles in primary health care should be conducted.
Ritchie
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School of Medical Education/WHO Regional Training Centre for Health Development (Western Pacific Region), University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.
D003256:Community Participation; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods