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  • Title: The development and evaluation of community health competencies for family medicine.
    Author: Wolff M, Hamberger LK, Ambuel B, Ahmed S, Swain GR, Hunter P, Smith D.
    Journal: WMJ; 2007 Oct; 106(7):397-401. PubMed ID: 18030828.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: There is an increasing emphasis on teaching community-responsive care and population health in medical education. This focus requires a multidimensional perspective on community health that examines the determinants, ranges, and variations of health status and disease in the community as a whole. DESCRIPTION: The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin sought to strengthen the community health curriculum in its residency programs by developing a core set of competencies in community health as well as a service-learning model to teach residents about community needs and strengths. EVALUATION: A common core curriculum was developed and evaluated based on these competencies. CONCLUSION: Residents who have mastered these competencies will be capable of functioning more effectively as community-responsive physicians.
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