Strengthening Medical Education in Underserved Districts Through Interdisciplinary and Experiential Learning Models

Vinima Gambhir, Samir Sahu, Karan Pandre, Jatin Khurana, Simranjeet Nanda, Sinha Rk and Jamuna Kv

Seminars in Medical Writing and Education, 2024, vol. 3, 490

Abstract: Better medical education is necessary for improving healthcare services, particularly in areas not well covered and without simple access to qualified healthcare professionals. The ways in which cooperative and practical learning approaches could enhance medical education in several domains are examined in this article. Standard medical school often suffers from lack of resources, professors, and practice experience in places lacking sufficient medical treatment. New approaches combining hands-on learning with cooperation across several disciplines are required to address these gaps and raise the quality of medical education. From medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health, interdisciplinary learning forces individuals from many healthcare sectors to collaborate to acquire a better sense of how to treat patients as a whole. Teachers may enable their pupils to acquire critical skills such working together, communicating with others, and problem-solving by arranging shared learning environments. These are all crucial for delivering decent treatment in areas lacking resources. Also, students can learn useful things that they can't learn in a standard classroom setting alone through experiential learning, which includes taking part in real-life healthcare situations. This method helps students learn how to think critically, make decisions, and use clinical logic. This makes medical education more useful and important. Local healthcare organisations, school officials, and politicians must work together to put these ideas into action. It is very important to pay attention to the special needs of impoverished communities and change the way healthcare workers are taught to fit the problems they face in these areas. Using technology and telemedicine can also give students who live far away access to advanced learning materials and make it easier for them to keep learning.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.56294/mw2024490

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