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Teaching school health to undergraduate medical students
V O'Hara1, J C Vance, D McMillan
1Department of Health, State Government of Queensland, Fortitude Valley, Australia.
Medical Education
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
This paper describes a teaching programme for final- (sixth-) year undergraduate medical students during their 10-week term in child health. Students attend schools on two occasions and are actively involved in the physical, educational and emotional assessment of children. The advantages of the programme include active participation by the students, contact with children in a less threatening environment, learning new skills in the assessment of children, and knowledge of common screening procedures. Student evaluation of the programme has been positive.