The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Service-learning is a form of experiential education that is beginning to be implemented internationally within undergraduate curriculums. It has the potential to significantly enhance clinical practice and students' learning, while simultaneously addressing community needs. Embedding civic engagement into students' learning should aim to increase understanding of populations as well as enhance clinical prowess. ⋯ Student placements are often thought of in a clinical setting where students shadow doctors in a less active role. The research shows that over the past 20 years, incorporation of service-learning into medical programmes has been more commonplace and is an effective addition to the curriculum. It combines clear learning objectives with service provision to communities, in order to aid in medical students' education and the development of necessary clinical skills.
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General practice has a diverse training programme. It is majority female (57%) and more than half of all trainees are from an ethnic minority, according to the GMC workforce report 2022. However, we are not seeing the same representation of ethnic minorities in academic general practice, with 85.1% of GP professors being White. ⋯ With such a diverse training scheme, we need to have a better representation of ethnic minorities in GP academia. There is a clear problem recruiting or attracting people from ethnic minorities to an academic career and work needs to be done to understand and overcome those barriers.