Building Partnerships - Educating Health als for the Communities They Serve (Hardcover)

Since it was founded in 1930, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has helped to develop health initiatives based on the premise that if given the tools, individuals, institutions, and communities will make changes for the better. As a reflection of that philosophy, the Kellogg Foundation funded the Community Partnerships with Health Professions Education initiative to seek new approaches to educating primary care practitioners by linking universities and communities. Building Partnerships is the first book to report on this five-year initiative. Written in accessible language, the book is filled with real-life stories and situations that suggest the scope and variety of the partnerships and the diversity of the people who are creating them. By illuminating the Community Partnerships model, Building Partnerships suggests ways community members, academe, and policy makers at multiple levels can lead educational reform in health professions education.