Agromedicine focus group: cooperative extension agents and medical school instructors plan farm field trips for medical students.
Agromedicine focus group: cooperative extension agents and medical school instructors plan farm field trips for medical students.
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农业医学焦点小组:合作推广代理商和医学院讲师为医学生计划农场实地考察。
DOI:
10.1097/01.smj.0000047960.03881.4d
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发表时间:
2003
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Wiggins,OscarS
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作者:
Wheat,JohnR;Turner,TamelaJ;Weatherly,Lloyd;Wiggins,OscarS
BackgroundCurrent medical education policy seeks to address the health care needs of underserved populations, among whom are individuals associated with agriculture.MethodsThis paper describes a focus group approach to planning farm field trips whereby medical students accompany agricultural extension agents to study the personal, occupational, and environmental health concerns of farmers.ResultsThe resulting plan joins a state's cooperative extension system, medical school, and farm community in partnership to provide an experiential approach to agricultural medicine and rural health education.ConclusionThe planning exercise and the field trips are successful examples of agromedicine, a partnership approach to preventive agricultural medicine involving professionals in medicine and in agriculture.