Medical students' perceptions of a community-engaged learning approach to community health in Ghana: the Students' Community Engagement Programme (SCEP).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Revitalizing primary health care requires that the health workforce, especially doctors, must appreciate the significance of the socio-cultural environment in health. To achieve this objective, training of medical students must emphasize greater understanding of the community and its role in health through community engagement using community-engaged learning. However, research on this learning method applied in a purely community engagement context is lacking. A medical school in Ghana adapted its fourth-year junior clerkship curriculum in Community Health to include a community-engagement programme. This study reports students' perceptions of the said programme as a way of evaluating it and helping to improve upon its implementation.

Methods

A cross-sectional su

SUBMITTER: Ampofo GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11607921 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature