ERIC Number: EJ1054162
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0965-4283
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Health Promoting Schools as Learning Sites for Physicians in-Training
Dharamsi, Shafik; Woollard, Robert; Kendal, Paul; Okullo, Isaac; Macnab, Andrew J.
Health Education, v114 n3 p186-196 2014
Purpose: Although medical schools do well in preparing the next generation of practitioners to diagnose and clinically treat illness, they struggle in preparing them with capabilities in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention. Similarly, health promoting schools (HPS) face challenges in working to enhance the health and educational outcomes of children. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/Methodology/Approach: The authors draw from their local and international collaborative work as practitioners and medical educators to examine how health professions schools can work in partnership with HPS for mutual benefit. Findings: "Health advocacy" is a core competency in medical education. A primary focus is on health promotion and disease prevention. However, providing practical, experiential opportunities--"learning-by-doing"--is a challenge. To overcome this difficulty, medical schools may be well served by partnering with HPS. This can provide mutually beneficial learning opportunities that will enable emerging physicians to develop health promotion-related knowledge and advocacy skills while the emerging generation of citizens (the children) are enabled to live healthier and more productive lives. Originality/Value: The parallel development of "Health Promoting Schools" and the teaching of "health advocacy" to health professionals has proceeded to the point where convergence of the gathered knowledge and experience can provide a powerful and synergistic model to advance both initiatives. This conceptual paper focuses outlines the actions that might achieve this.
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Medical Students, Health Education, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Medical Education, Advocacy, Capacity Building, Disease Control, Accountability, Educational Practices, Training Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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