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A Community Health Worker-Led Rotation to Train Medical Students in the Social Determinants of Health
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 29, Number 2, May 2018
- pp. 581-590
- 10.1353/hpu.2018.0042
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Summary:
Medical students often lack training in understanding and addressing the social determinants that shape the health of high-risk populations. We describe a novel clinical elective rotation in which fourth-year medical students served as apprentices to community health workers in order to develop community engagement skills and cultural humility.