Primary health care: from classroom to reality

This paper addresses a model forteaching the theory and practice of primary health care to nursing students at a South African university. The legal background for the inclusion of primary health care in undergraduate programmes is explained, as is the practical solution for clinical placements in a rural setting. An explanation is also provided for the development of clinical resources within the clinical field, and the paper concludes with a summary of the studentsʹ experience, thus showing how positive attitudes towards primary health care were fostered.