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Legitimate participation of medical students in community attachments.

Kyle S EggletonRichard FortierTana FishmanSusan J HawkenFelicity Anne Goodyear-Smith
Published in: Education for primary care : an official publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors (2019)
Legitimate peripheral participation, in the context of undergraduate primary health care attachments, appears to depend upon positive social activities between students and health professionals and patients. Using legitimate peripheral participation as a theory to underpin evaluations of general practice attachments it is possible to determine improvements in the learning and teaching experience of medical students.
Keyphrases
  • medical students
  • general practice
  • physical activity
  • end stage renal disease
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • primary care
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • prognostic factors