Global health education in U.S. medical schools

Interest in global health (GH) among medical students worldwide is measurably increasing. There is a concomitant emphasis on emphasizing globally-relevant health professions education. Through a structured literature review, expert consensus recommendations, and contact with relevant professional or...

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Published in:BMC medical education 2013-01, Vol.13 (1), p.3-3, Article 3
Main Authors: Khan, Omar A, Guerrant, Richard, Sanders, James, Carpenter, Charles, Spottswood, Margaret, Jones, David S, O'Callahan, Cliff, Brewer, Timothy F, Markuns, Jeffrey F, Gillam, Stephen, O'Neill, Joseph, Nathanson, Neal, Wright, Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allied Health Occupations Education
Colleges & universities
Consortia
Core curriculum
Curriculum - statistics & numerical data
Didacticism
Education, Medical - organization & administration
Education, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Educational aspects
Global Health - education
Health aspects
Health care
Health education
Health Programs
Humans
Interest groups
International Cooperation
Literature reviews
Medical colleges
Medical education
Medical schools
Medical students
Methods
Preventive medicine
Primary Health Care
Public health
Schools, Medical - organization & administration
Schools, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Student Interests
Study abroad
United States
World health
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Summary:Interest in global health (GH) among medical students worldwide is measurably increasing. There is a concomitant emphasis on emphasizing globally-relevant health professions education. Through a structured literature review, expert consensus recommendations, and contact with relevant professional organizations, we review the existing state of GH education in US medical schools for which data were available. Several recommendations from professional societies have been developed, along with a renewed emphasis on competencies in global health. The implementation of these recommendations was not observed as being uniform across medical schools, with variation noted in the presence of global health curricula. Recommendations for including GH in medical education are suggested, as well as ways to formalize GH curricula, while providing flexibility for innovation and adaptation.
ISSN:1472-6920
1472-6920
DOI:10.1186/1472-6920-13-3