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Background: Community-based service learning (CBSL) is a core component of the Canadian medical education system. However, the unique role of community partner organizations (CPOs) in supporting CBSL remains unclear. This qualitative study evaluates the perspective of CPOs as co-educators in the undergraduate medical curriculum.
Methods: We conducted eight semi-structured, one-on-one interviews with CPOs at a medical school in Toronto, Ontario between 2020-2021. Interviews were conducted following a pre-determined interview guide and then recorded, de-identified, and transcribed. Three reviewers independently performed an inductive thematic analysis of codes followed by a group review of discrepancies.
Results: Five main findings were identified: 1) CPOs share a common interest in serving as co-educators; 2) considerable heterogeneity in the understanding of co-education exists; 3) there is an opportunity for increased partnerships between CPOs and faculty; 4) the role of co-educators is limited by curriculum structure; and 5) co-educators facilitate unique teachings of social determinants of health otherwise not available through traditional didactic teaching.
Conclusions: There is an emerging, unique role for community co-educators in the undergraduate medical curriculum, supported by interest from CPOs. Its emphasis may contribute to future cohorts of medical students capable of understanding and addressing the needs of the populations they serve.
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Contexte : L'apprentissage par le service communautaire (APSC) est une composante essentielle du système d'éducation médicale canadien. Cependant, le rôle unique des organismes communautaires partenaires (OCP) dans le soutien de l'APSC n'est toujours pas clair. Cette étude qualitative évalue le point de vue des OCP en tant que co-éducateurs dans le programme d'études médicales de premier cycle.
Méthodes : Nous avons mené huit entrevues individuelles semi-structurées avec des OCP d'une faculté de médecine de Toronto, en Ontario, entre 2020 et 2021. Les entrevues ont été menées en suivant un guide d'entrevue prédéterminé, puis enregistrées, dépersonnalisées et transcrites. Trois examinateurs ont effectué indépendamment une analyse thématique inductive des codes, suivie d'un examen collectif des divergences.
Résultats : Cinq conclusions principales ont été identifiées : 1) les OCP ont un intérêt commun à agir en tant que co-éducateurs; 2) il existe une grande hétérogénéité dans la compréhension de la co-éducation; 3) il est possible d'accroître les partenariats entre les OCP et le corps professoral; 4) le rôle des co-éducateurs est limité par la structure du curriculum médical et 5) les co-éducateurs facilitent des opportunités d’apprentissage uniques sur les déterminants sociaux de la santé qui ne sont pas disponibles dans le cadre de l'enseignement didactique traditionnel.
Conclusions : Les co-éducateurs communautaires jouent un rôle novateur et unique dans le programme d'études médicales de premier cycle, soutenu par l'intérêt des OCP. L'accent mis sur ce rôle peut contribuer à former de futures cohortes d'étudiants en médecine capables de comprendre et de répondre aux besoins des populations qu'ils servent.
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