An exploration of undergraduate medical students' satisfaction with faculty support supervision during community placements in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To produce health professionals who are oriented towards addressing community priority health needs, the training in medical schools has been transformed to include a component of community-based training. During this period, students spend a part of their training in the communities they are likely to serve upon graduation. They engage and empower local people in the communities to address their health needs during their placements, and at the same time learn from the people. During the community-based component, students are constantly supervised by faculty from the university to ensure that the intended objectives are achieved. The purpose of the present study was to explore student experiences of support supervision from university faculty during their community-ba

SUBMITTER: Mubuuke AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4710616 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature