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Placing the patient at the core of teaching

Pages 258-260 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Background: In the revised undergraduate medical programme at the University of Dundee, medical students visit a patient with a chronic illness in the patient's own home. Students’ learn about the patient's experience of their chronic illness/disease over time. It is known as ‘the patient journey’. The concept of ‘the patient journey’ emerged from Tomorrow's Doctors (2003) in light of the need to increase community-based education.

Description: The evaluation was carried out using a focus group. Students indicated that community-based education can show them real life in a home context; early contact with a patient enabled them to have a better understanding of patient-centred medicine; meeting a patient early brings reality and continuity to their careers and a clearer understanding of the patient's condition.

Conclusions: Further work may clarify the specific long-term values of the patient visit and how it may support teaching and learning within the first three years of the curriculum.

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Notes on contributors

Fiona Muir

FIONA MUIR, RGN, RSCN, BA, MEd, PG Cert HE is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Dundee. She works within the DPaC part of the undergraduate medical programme.

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