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Developing primary health care and public health competencies in undergraduate medical students

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 59 , issue 3 , 2017 , pages: 103–109

DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2016.1272229

Author(s): Stephen E Knight School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa , Andrew J Ross School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa , Ozayr Mahomed School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa

Keywords: community-based curriculum , community engagement , community-oriented primary care , research training , KwaZulu-Natal

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Abstract

Background: The Selective Programme (Selectives) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is a three-year longitudinal, community-based programme within the undergraduate medical curriculum, which aims to develop primary health care (PHC) and public health competencies in students using the community-oriented primary care (COPC) approach.

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