Community Based Education in Health Professions: Global Perspectives 1st Edition: Book Review

Community Based Education in Health Professions

Abstract

The book introduction explain the purpose of the book which is the need for documenting experiences from different parts of the world that describe the ways of planning and implementing community based education. A 27 contributors were invited from 6 health profession education institutions from all over the globe [3 from Bangladesh; 12 from Brazil; 2 from Egypt; 3 from India;2 from Pakistan; 5 from South Africa]. The chosen institutions represented different styles of implementing community based education and were invited to tell their stories and learnt lessons. These case studies may contribute to a generalized approach for planning and implementing CBE, taking in consideration local circumstances.