Practical training of medical students in community medicine : eight years experience from the University of Tromsoe
Sammanfattning
From its beginning, the Medical School at the University of Tromsoe aimed at obtaining a better balance between clinical medicine, basic science and community medicine in its curriculum. This was obtained by using the integrated model for teaching, having a separate study-block for community medicine, incorporating field work in local hospitals and with district doctors and requiring the students to write a scientific paper before qualifying. The 8-week field training with a district doctor started in 1978. Evaluations from these eight years have been analysed.