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Abstract
The interaction between medical students and frontline healthcare workers is one of the crucial
components of community medicine. The interaction of medical students with frontline healthcare
workers provides multiple opportunities. Medical students like to understand their job responsibilities
and their involvement in implementing the various national health programs at the community level.
Innovation is required to train our medical students better and enhance their learning. A learning and
teaching innovation was developed by us to provide insight into the various roles and involvement of
frontline healthcare workers in the community. One innovation is the A‑Z activity calendar of frontline
healthcare workers in teaching and learning in medical education.
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