Exploring community stakeholder perspectives of partnership development in community-engaged undergraduate Global Health Education in the UK: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Traditionally, patients have had passive roles in medical education; however, there have been increasing efforts to partner with communities to create authentic representation of laypeople in medical education. Communities' perspectives of these initiatives have rarely been reported in the literature. This study explores the perspectives of members of community-based organisations (CBOs) who were partnered with a community engagement programme for intercalating medical students at Imperial College London.

Design

A qualitative study using semistructured interviews was conducted, employing reflexive thematic analysis.

Setting

London, UK.

Participants

A total of five participants (one member from five CBOs who agreed to participate) were interviewed for

SUBMITTER: Pettitt C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784127 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature