How to succeed on primary care and community placements [E-Book]

of medicine -- Preparing for and learning on primary care and community placements -- Active learning in the consultation -- What to learn from the primary healthcare team -- Learning medicine in community settings -- Clinical information systems opportunities to learn -- Supporting learning in primary care using social media and other technologies -- Assessment feedback and quality assurance --Conclusions: Looking to the future"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to Succeed on Primary Care and Community Placements offers practical advice on how to get the most from your time on community visits, within patient consultations, and with the practice team. It highlights the unique opportunities and challenges you will face on placement, from using clinical information systems, to home visits and long term patient relationships, and how to take advantage of new ways of learning with web–based tools, mobile devices and social networking. Written by a team of experienced community–based medical education specialists, it is ideal for all medical students, whether on early clinical placements or later in training, and for tutors and preceptors looking for novel ways to engage their students.