社区是以家庭为基础的历史共同体,为血缘共同体和地缘共同体的结合,是一个社会学概念。社区医学起源于英国,是在公共卫生和社会医学基础上吸收其它相关学科精华、结合社会需要发展起来的。是预防医学一、二次革命以后的产物。社区定向医学教育,是将医学教育与社区特点、结构相结合,并以现代医学科学为基础,瞄准个体、家庭和社会需求,去培养新一代防治合一的医疗保健人才。 Community is a family-based historical community. It is a sociological concept for the combination of kinship community and geopolitics community. Community medicine originated in the United Kingdom, based on public health and social medicine to absorb the essence of other related disciplines, combined with the needs of society developed. It is the product of preventive medicine one or two revolutions. Community-oriented medical education combines medical education with community characteristics and structure. Based on modern medical science, community-oriented medical education aims at nurturing the needs of individuals, families and society and nurturing a new generation of health care professionals in prevention and treatment.