Development and evaluation of a community immersion program during preclinical medical studies: A 15-year experience at the university of geneva medical school

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-76

  Chastonay, P ^a,b   Zesiger, V ^a   Klohn, A ^a   Soguel, L ^c   Mpinga, E K ^a,d   Vu, N V ^b   Bernheim, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

^d Swiss School of Public Health Plus   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community health; Community immersion; Community based learning; Medical curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930812293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S41090     Document Type: Article

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