Community fieldwork enhances learning by allowing students to integrate course material with actual issues in a community setting. This study investigated student and community satisfaction with programs designed and implemented by students for several pediatric populations. Both students and the community groups expressed high levels of satisfaction, and community confidence in the students' abilities rose over the course of the semester.
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