Community health learning experiences of Colombian undergraduate medical students. A phenomenographic research study.

ABSTRACT: Medical students' perceptions of their community learning experiences can provide valuable insights for evolving and improving healthcare professional education curricula to better respond to health needs. This study aims to explore the learning experiences of undergraduate medical students in a community health course at a Colombian University. Fifteen students who had completed the Family Medicine and Community Health course participated in this qualitative study, employing a phenomenographic approach and interview technique. The phenomenographic analysis, informed by the transformative service-learning theoretical framework, resulted in the construction of categories of description, organized hierarchically, based on levels of understanding. The findings revealed five main community hea

SUBMITTER: Jaimes-Penuela CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12572061 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature