BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Community-oriented primary care (COPC) is a key teaching objective of many medical school family medicine clerkships. Though many programs are in place, little is published evaluating the effectiveness of curricula. METHODS Within the family medicine clerkship at Dartmouth Medical School, students complete community health assessments. To assess the degree to which t...

Well-rounded instruction in occupational medicine as part of family medicine residency training is feasible through a program that balances a longitudinal curriculum of monthly occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) lectures, community-based OEM patient care, and worksite assessment. Such training would help equip family medicine residents to integrate occupational medicine into their pr...

Over 30 years after the Alma-Ata declaration on primary health care in 1978 there are still misconceptions about the basic concept of primary health care. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and opinions about various aspects of primary health care and its appropriate implementation among the teaching faculty at Shifa College of Medicine in Islamabad, Pakistan. A structured questionna...

INTRODUCTION We describe how the curriculum of community, occupational and family medicine (COFM) has evolved in response to social and educational forces and local health needs. Challenges in the teaching of the curriculum are also discussed. CURRICULUM The COFM Department aims to produce medical undergraduates and graduates with the skills to critically appraise evidence, prevent and manage...

STUDY OBJECTIVE s: Consensus guidelines for the empirical treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have been published. We investigated the following factors: (1) the degree of adherence to American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) guidelines; and (2) the influence of adhering to these guidelines on mortality and length of hospita...