This workshop will introduce and explain the concept of what is internationally known as Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs). These are widely used in undergraduate medical training, particularly in rural and general/family practice settings, but have also been adapted for postgraduate training and for other professions. Relationship-based learning is a key element of LICs. We will share our experience of running an LIC at Stellenbosch University since 2011, in rural district hospitals, and draw lessons from the international Consortium of LICs (CLIC). We will then explore implementation of LICs in different contexts using an appreciative inquiry approach.
Prof Ian Couper, Head: Division of Rural Health (Ukwanda) and Professor of Rural Health, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University (SU), since 2016. He is a family physician and spent 25 years in the public health service. He chaired the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice from 2007 to 2013, and was awarded the Fellowship of WONCA in 2018.
Dr Francois Coetzee, Senior lecturer in the Division of Rural Health (Ukwanda) and the medical program coordinator of the SU Rural Clinical School. He is a family physician, passionate about longitudinal models of training for clinicians and assessment for learning strategies. At present, he is the module lead for the Clinical Governance module in the Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Health and the co-lead for the Distributed Clinical Apprenticeship, which is the final year module for the renewed MBChB curriculum.
See the recorded session, follow the link https://youtu.be/Xe774RrfZUA?si=X5T-KDFHmLtVnTku