Community-Based Education for Health Professionals

Today’s health professionals are inappropriately trained to address the health of the public, particularly the large proportion who are disadvantaged; they are also maldistributed by specialty and geography. Health disparities exist worldwide, but are of crisis proportions in developing countries where the magnitude of health problems far outstrips the available meager resources. Community-based education has the potential to train service providers, educators and researchers who can assist communities to identify their priority health needs and to implement feasible, affordable and sustainable interventions.
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