Building Partnerships: Educating Health Professionals for the Communities They Serve

Community Partnerships, sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, is a major initiative to change the course of medical education by enhancing teamwork within the medical professions and meeting community–defined needs for primary health care. This book is a tribute the program′s successes?with a look at the stories of hundreds of health professionals who have been trained in this new and revolutionary manner.

Spis treści:
Foreword
1. The Primary Health Care Crisis
2. From Problems to Solutions: A Bridge Between Cultures
3. Community Partnerships in Progress(with Rebecca Henry)
4. The Nature of Academic Health Centers
5. The Nature of Communities(with Bruce Behringer)
6. New Organizational Structures(with Patricia Maguire Meservey)
7. The Role of Public Policy in Changing Health Professionals′ Education
8. If We Change What We Pay For, We Change What We Get(with Henry A. Foley)
9. Evaluation as a Tool for Reform(with Rebecca Henry)
10. Multidisciplinary Care and Education(Patricia T. Castiglia)
11. Leading Educational Reform

Nota biograficzna:
RONALD W. RICHARDS is program director, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and professor of medical education, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University.

Okładka tylna:
Community Partnerships, sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, is a major initiative to change the course of medical education by enhancing teamwork within the medical professions and meeting community–defined needs for primary health care. This book is a tribute the program′s successes?with a look at the stories of hundreds of health professionals who have been trained in this new and revolutionary manner.