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Fostering Transformative Learning, Self-Reflexivity And Medical Citizenship Through Guided Tours Of Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, E. Marshall Brooks, Mary Lee Magee, Mark Ryan
Fostering Transformative Learning, Self-Reflexivity And Medical Citizenship Through Guided Tours Of Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, E. Marshall Brooks, Mary Lee Magee, Mark Ryan
Family Medicine and Population Health Publications
Background and objectives: Medical school curricula increasingly seek to promote medical students’ commitment to redressing health disparities, but traditional pedagogical approaches have fallen short of this goal. The objective of this work was to assess the value of using community-based guided tours of disadvantaged neighborhoods to fill this gap.
Methods: A total of 50 second-year medical students participated in a guided tour of disadvantaged public housing neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia. Students completed self-reflexive writing exercises during a post-tour debriefing session. Student writings were analyzed to assess the tour’s effect on their awareness of poverty’s impact on vulnerable populations’ health …