Medical Students’ Child Health Experience in Primary Schools

Fiona Muir, Kevin McConville, Lois Robertson, Karen Campbell, Shona McKnight and Kenny McKeown

SAGE Open, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 2158244017700461

Abstract: This study was designed to explore medical students’ and primary school teachers’ experiences of a new community teaching project. Academic staff and students from the School of Medicine Dundee, National Health Service partners, local education department, and primary school teachers engaged in a collaborative project which has embedded community engagement in the curriculum while encouraging interprofessional education through multiagency working. Influenced by evaluative inquiry, this qualitative study used an online questionnaire, designed to give participants the freedom to respond, and give their own opinions, via free text responses. The results show the value of a real primary school–based situation, and the merit of experiential learning gained throughout the program, in which students interacted with children about health promotion in a meaningful way. The interprofessional and collaborative nature of the project enhanced the value of the experience for all participants in relation to the benefits of teamwork, dispelling the doctor authority and recognition of the roles of others. The experience was an interactive, enjoyable, and expressive way to facilitate learning, and has helped prepare the health care students for future practice.

Keywords: schools; education; social sciences; teaching; students; medicine; medical sociology; sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244017700461

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