Training medical undergraduates in the core disciplines of community medicine through community postings - an experience from India

Family Medicine and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 45-50

  Shewade, Hemant Deepak ^a,c   Palanivel, Chinnakali ^a,d   Jeyashree, Kathiresan ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b VELAMMAL MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical posting; Community posting; Community based medical education; Epidemiology; Family medicine; Health management; Health promotion; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983567819     PISSN: 23056983     EISSN: 20098774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2015.0153     Document Type: Article

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