--- abstract: 'The Building Partnerships Program at the University of Queensland, Australia seeks to address the dual challenge of preparing doctors who are responsive to the community while providing a meaningful context for social sciences learning. Through partnerships with a diverse range of community agencies, the program offers students opportunities to gain non-clinical perspectives on health and illness through structured learning activities including: family visits; community agency visits and attachments; and interview training. Students learn first-hand about psychosocial influences on health and how people manage health problems on a day-to-day basis. They also gain insights into the work of community agencies and how they as future doctors might work in partnership with them to enhance patient care. We outline the main components of the program, identify challenges and successes from student and community agency perspectives, and consider areas that invite further development' altloc: - http://www.med-ed-online.org/t0000028.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Boyle given: Frances M. honourific: '' lineage: ', PhD' - family: ' Posner' given: T. Natasha honourific: '' lineage: ', PhD' - family: 'Mutch,' given: Allyson J. honourific: '' lineage: BA(Hons) - family: Farley given: Rebecca M. honourific: '' lineage: ', BBehSc' - family: ' Dean,' given: Julie H. honourific: '' lineage: ' MPsych(Clin)' - family: Nilsson given: Anne-Louise honourific: '' lineage: ', BA' date: 2002-11 date_type: published datestamp: 2002-12-04 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/26/30 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 2630 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/2630/1/t0000028.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: "Self-Help Groups; Organizations, Non-profit; Primary Health Care; Education, Medical, Undergraduate\n" lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:06 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 12 pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: Medical Education Online publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: |2 1. Lord Todd. Royal Commission on Medical Education 1965-68: Report. London: HMSO, 1968. 2. Habbick, B., Leeder SR. Orienting medical education to community need: a review. Med Educ 1996; 30(3): 163-71. 3. Halpern, R, Lee, MY, Boulter, PR, Phillips, RR. A synthesis of nine major reports on physicians’ competencies for the emerging practice environment. Acad Med 2001; 76: 606-615. 4. Shine, KI. Health care quality and how to achieve it. Acad Med 2002; 77: 91-99. 5. Grant, C, Goodenough, T, Harvey, I, Hine, C. A randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a referrals facilitator between primary care and the voluntary sector. Br Med J 2000; 320: 419-423. 6. Gulbrandsen, P, Fugelli, P, Sandvi, K, Hjortdahl, P. Influence of social problems on management in general practice: Multipractice questionnaire survey. Br Med J 1998; 317: 28-32. 7. Von Korff M, Gruman J, Schaefer J, Curry, SJ, Wagner, EH. Collaborative management of chronic illness. Ann of Intern Med 1997; 127: 1097-1102. 8. Najman, JM, Isaacs, G, Siskind, M. Teaching sociology to medical students. Med Educ 1978; 12: 406-412. 9. Jones, KV, Hsu-Hage, BH. Health promotion projects: Skill and attitude learning for medical students. Med Educ 1999; 33: 585-591. 10. Lennox, A, Petersen, S. Development and evaluation of a community based, multiagency course for medical students: Descriptive survey. Br Med J 1998; 316: 596-599. 11. Rubenstein, HL, Franklin, ED, Zarro, VJ. Opportunities and challenges in educating community responsive physicians. Am J Prev Med 1997; 13: 104-108. relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:46:05 subjects: - meo-peer succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'The Building Partnerships Program: An Approach to Community-Based Learning for Medical Students in Australia ' type: journale userid: 3283 volume: 7