Use of audio-visual aids and case studies to enhance understanding of family medicine among medical students

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

 
 
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Title Use of audio-visual aids and case studies to enhance understanding of family medicine among medical students
 
Creator Engmann, Stephen T.
 
Subject Medical students; Learning aids; Case study; Family medicine; Education medical students; learning aids; case study; family medicine; education
Description Teaching family medicine to medical students is primarily intended to aid in their understanding of the distinctive and significant role that the speciality performs within the healthcare system. Improving medical students’ comprehension of family medicine may have an impact on their decision to pursue family medicine as a speciality. It is important to use innovative evidence-based teaching and learning strategies and ensure that medical students receive extra learning opportunities in family medicine. This is a short report highlighting the use of audio-visual aids and case studies to enhance the understanding of family medicine principles among undergraduate medical students attending a private university in Ghana.Contribution: This short report offers family medicine teachers and educators at the undergraduate level an example of how to apply audio-visual aids and case studies to enhance the understanding of family medicine principles among students. The report contributes to the growth of family medicine as a speciality within the African context.
 
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Date 2024-02-14
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4278
 
Source African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 16, No 1 (2024); 3 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928
 
Language eng
 
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https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4278/6803 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4278/6804 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4278/6805 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4278/6806
 
Coverage Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Stephen T. Engmann https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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