Sustaining Community Engagement: Lessons Learned From Medical Education for Community-Academic Partnerships.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We describe a novel evaluation of attitudes toward engagement with a required medical school course from the perspective of the participating community organizations. We then consider lessons learned about sustained community engagement from this longstanding community-academic partnership and potential implications for public health and research partnerships. The aim of this observational study is to assess facilitators of community engagement to improve engagement with community organizations.

Methods

Data collection consisted of end-of-course evaluations collected from community mentors of the student teams. Surveys were completed at the end of each course and they used a common set of questions across cohorts. Data from the Class of 2019 through the Class of 20

SUBMITTER: Carney JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12304611 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature