title: Medical education through community experience: community projects at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine.
abstract: Community projects are a requirement of third-year medical students at three South Dakota clinical campuses. Students identify a community issue, design and implement either a service or research project, and present the project to faculty and peers. Topics include cardiovascular and other disease risk factors, nutrition education, firearm safety and many others. These projects answer a need to advance an understanding of population health, promote community involvement among student physicians, and improve the health of the community.
authors.affiliation: University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindemann
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Neu
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003153:Community Health Services; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013023:South Dakota; D013337:Students, Medical; D000078329:Workforce