A national conference on social prescribing.

Autor: Rafferty, Caitriona, Santoni, Claudia, Beck, Peter, Subramanian, Akanksha, Chilaka, Joel, Kirtley, Daisy, Giurca, Bogdan Chiva
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Zdroj: Clinical Teacher; Feb2021, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p76-78, 3p
Abstrakt: GLO:1C4K/01feb21:tct13215-fig-0002.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): . gl Social prescribing enables GPs and other health care professionals to refer people to a range of local non-clinical services The aim of the Annual National Social Prescribing Conference for Students and Junior Doctors in March 2019 was to raise awareness of social prescribing amongst the younger generation of health care professionals and to explore the new UK National Health Service (NHS) Long Term Plan, which highlights personalised care as a top priority for the NHS.1 We, the authors, who are medical students and junior doctors with an interest in the future of medicine, organised this conference as part of the "NHS England Social Prescribing Student Champion Scheme": a group representing all medical schools within the UK, aiming to include social prescribing within the medical curriculum.2 Recent work published through this scheme estimates that 93% of medical students have never heard of social prescribing, yet 99% were eager to learn more about the subject.3 This piece will introduce social prescribing and provide insight into both the conference and what we learned from the experience.... 93% of medical students have never heard of social prescribing, yet 99% were eager to learn more about the subject Recent demographic changes have transformed the requirements for 21st century health care. The conference involved key stakeholders, including NHS England, the Royal College of General Practice, and voluntary and community sector organisations involved in social prescribing. Social prescribing student champion scheme: a novel peer-assisted-learning approach to teaching social prescribing and social determinants of health. [Extracted from the article]
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