How to Apply Community-Oriented Medical Education (COME)

Abstract

Community-Oriented Medical Education (COME) is considered one of the new trends in medical education in recent years. It can meet the health needs of the community and prioritize the health problems in the community. Moreover, it is a comprehensive approach in medicine that includes health promotion, prevention, and rehabilitation. However, Community-Oriented Medical Education is not a curative approach only but it formulates the concept of health for all that means a better productive life socially and economically. Furthermore, the graduate of Community-Oriented Medical Education acquires and applies many competencies such as leadership skills, problem-solving skills, and decision-making skills, clinical and managerial skills besides the ability to work in a team and interact with his community. Therefore, Community-Oriented Medical Education can graduate a community-oriented physician who has the ability to serve his surrounding community via dealing with health problems successfully at three different health care levels (primary, secondary, and tertiary).