John Dent.
Medical Teacher
June 2005, Vol. 27, Issue #4, pg. 302-315.
Review by: Linda Heun, Ph.D. <lheun@aacom.org>
This valuable guide documents the move towards ambulatory care settings in health care and its impact on health care education. It is noteworthy that ambulatory care settings have been predominant in osteopathic medical education since its inception.
The articles describes
- resources and sites for teaching in ambulatory care settings,
- instructional strategies for maximizing learning opportunities,
- models for organizing student/patient contacts in outpatient clinics,
- the role and development of an ambulatory care teaching center,
- an example of using a surgery unit as a teaching setting, and
- tips on getting started as a tutor in an ambulatory care setting.
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