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Marie Wolff1, L Kevin Hamberger, Bruce Ambuel
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA. mwolff@mcw.edu
Background:
There is an increasing emphasis on teaching community-responsive care and population health in medical education. This focus requires a multidimensional perspective on community health that examines the determinants, ranges, and variations of health status and disease in the community as a whole.
Description:
The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin sought to strengthen the community health curriculum in its residency programs by developing a core set of competencies in community health as well as a service-learning model to teach residents about community needs and strengths.
Evaluation:
A common core curriculum was developed and evaluated based on these competencies.
Conclusion:
Residents who have mastered these competencies will be capable of functioning more effectively as community-responsive physicians.
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