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Introducing a family case study to the dental undergraduate curriculum.

Stewart KF, Morgan MZ, Treasure ET

Cardiff University, Dental Health and Biological Sciences, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK. stewartkf@cf.ac.uk

The 'Family Study' was introduced at Cardiff Dental School in the 2001/2 session. Students are paired with local families who they visit over three years to collect information about family structure, childhood development and health behaviours, which forms the basis of a major project in year 4. In this paper, data gained from the first cohort of students to complete the study are reviewed, together with a practical evaluation of the programme's delivery and teaching gains.

Published 12 February 2007 in Br Dent J, 202(3): 151-5.
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