David Pearson is a?General Practitioner and?Director, Academy of Primary Care, Hull York Medical School, York.

Sandra Nicholson is Lead, Academic Unit for Community-Based Medical Education, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London.

Contributors, x
Introduction, xi
Acknowledgements, xv
Chapter 1: What to learn in community settings, 1
With Ann O'Brien
Introduction, 1
Early years, 3
What to learn during early patient contact, 4
Professionalism and personal growth, 5
Patient perspectives on health and healthcare, 8
Social and psychological aspects of health, 9
Learning clinical method (history taking and examination), 11
Clinical and procedural skills, 13
Middle clinical years, 14
Later clinical years, 22
Learning in the community 'out of hours', 25
Further opportunities, 26
Summary, 29
References, 29
Further resources, 30
Chapter 2: Learning the public health aspects of medicine, 32
With Ann O'Brien
Public health perspectives, 32
Health promotion, 35
Primary and secondary disease prevention, 36
Behaviour change: health promotion and prevention for individuals, 38
Public health and health education, 39
Summary, 41
References, 41
Chapter 3: Preparing for and learning on primary care and community placements, 42
With Maria Hayfron?]Benjamin
Introduction, 42
Preparing for your community placements, 45
When you arrive on placements, 47
Your responsibilities at the end of your placement, 59
Summary, 60
References, 61
Chapter 4: Active learning in the consultation, 62
With Catie Nagel
Introduction, 62
Learning objectives, learning plans, 63
Learning consultation skills, 64
Understanding the consultation, 65
The art of consultation, 66
Engaging with patients, introductions, information, consent, 67
Working with patients, 68
Active learning in the consultation, 71
Student?]led consultations, 76
Problems, pitfalls and suggested solutions, 77
Complex consultations for the later clinical years, 79
Summary, 82
References, 83
Chapter 5: What to learn from the primary healthcare team, 85
With Will Spiring and Ann O'Brien
Introduction, 86
Professional behaviour in a team, 87
What the PHCT does, 90
Learning with and from the primary healthcare team, 95
Learning from the practice nurses, 98
Learning from the pharmacy team, 100
Primary health team meetings, 105
Learning from mistakes, 106
Patients and public involvement in your education, 107
Summary, 109
References, 109
Further resources, 110
Chapter 6: Learning medicine in community settings, 111
With Ann O'Brien and Will Spiring
Learning from community visits, 112
Learning from doctor's home visits, 113
Visiting residential care and nursing homes, 115
Learning from community mental health teams, 116
Long?]term mental healthcare in the community, 119
Community mental health for the elderly, 120
Community maternity and child health services, 121
Community sexual health services, 122
Palliative and end of life care, 123
Summary, 126
References, 126
Further resources, 127
Chapter 7: Clinical information systems, opportunities to learn, 128
With Jane Kirby
What are clinical information systems?, 128
Why learn about clinical information systems?, 129
Clinical information systems in community practice, 130
Making the most of the CIS in learning and teaching, 130
What do clinical information systems offer in the diagnosis and management of acute illnesses? How do they support your learning of these conditions?, 132
How do clinical information systems support the management of long?]term conditions? How can they support your learning about this vital area of medicine?, 134
Learning from clinical guidelines, 138
How can clinical information systems support the learning of prescribing (and patient safety)?, 139
Family medicine, using clinical information systems to learn public health aspects - what do you need to know?, 141
Clinical information systems: supporting learning about communication with patients, and colleagues, 143
Using clinical information systems in supporting assessment, 144
Clinical information systems: problems and pitfalls, 145
Clinical information systems: projects, audit and research, 148
Summary, 149
References, 150
Chapter 8: Supporting learning in primary care using social media and other technologies, 151
With Jonathon Tomlinson
Social media in your primary care placements, 152
When media becomes social media, 153
Social media landscape, 154
Your online profile and digital professionalism, 155
Your digital footprint, 155
Doctors and patients online, 156
Digital literacy and information literacy, 157
Social media sites: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis, YouTube, Slideshare/Prezi, Scoop.it/Pinterest, 159
Summary, 164
References, 165
Further resources, 166
Chapter 9: Assessment, feedback and quality assurance, 167
With Mark Williamson
Assessment in your primary care placement, 168
Assessments in medical courses, what should you expect?, 169
What types of assessment should you expect on your primary care placements?, 171
How can you best use your time on primary care placements to survive (or even excel) in your medical school assessments?, 174
Some potential strengths of assessment in primary care, 177
Opportunities for self?]assessment in primary care settings, 181
Some final thoughts: why authenticity in assessment matters, 181
Feedback within your primary care placement, 182
Types of feedback in primary care placements, 184
Giving and receiving feedback, 187
Giving something back - your responsibility to offer feedback, 188
Summary, 191
References, 192
Chapter 10: Conclusions: Looking to the future, 194
Reference, 197
Index, 198

How to Succeed on Primary Care and Community Placements offers practical advice on how to get the most from your time on community visits, within patient consultations, and with the practice team. It highlights the unique opportunities and challenges you will face on placement, from using clinical information systems, to home visits and long term patient relationships, and how to take advantage of new ways of learning with web-based tools, mobile devices and social networking.
Key features include:
* Learning outcomes at the start of each chapter with links to web-based learning, case examples, and tasks to undertake whilst on placement
* An evidence-based, practical approach to improving learning, teaching, assessment and feedback in community settings
Written by a team of experienced community-based medical education specialists, it is ideal for all medical students, whether on early clinical placements or later in training, and for tutors and preceptors looking for novel ways to engage their students.