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MEDICAL TEACHER
Volume 29, Issue 2-3, Pages 258-260Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701291477
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Background: In the revised undergraduate medical programme at the University of Dundee, medical students visit a patient with a chronic illness in the patient's own home. Students' learn about the patient's experience of their chronic illness/disease over time. It is known as 'the patient journey'. The concept of 'the patient journey' emerged from Tomorrow's Doctors ( 2003) in light of the need to increase community-based education. Description: The evaluation was carried out using a focus group. Students indicated that community-based education can show them real life in a home context; early contact with a patient enabled them to have a better understanding of patient-centred medicine; meeting a patient early brings reality and continuity to their careers and a clearer understanding of the patient's condition. Conclusions: Further work may clarify the specific long-term values of the patient visit and how it may support teaching and learning within the first three years of the curriculum.
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