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Developing A Global Health Practitioner: Time To Act?, Judy Mckimm, Michelle Mclean
Developing A Global Health Practitioner: Time To Act?, Judy Mckimm, Michelle Mclean
Michelle McLean
Although many health issues transcend national boundaries and require international co-operation, global health is rarely an integral part of the medical curriculum. While medical schools have a social responsibility to train healthcare professionals to serve local communities, the internationalisation of medical education (e.g. international medical students, export of medical curricula or medical schools) makes it increasingly difficult to define it as ‘local’. It is therefore necessary to produce practitioners who can practice medicine in an ever-changing and unpredictable world. These practitioners must be clinically and culturally competent as well as able to use their global knowledge and experience to improve …
Creating Equal Opportunities: The Social Accountability Of Medical Education, Trevor Gibbs, Michelle Mclean
Creating Equal Opportunities: The Social Accountability Of Medical Education, Trevor Gibbs, Michelle Mclean
Michelle McLean
As new developments in medical education move inexorably forward, medical schools are being encouraged to revisit their curricula to ensure quality graduates and match their outcomes against defined standards. These standards may eventually be transferred into global accreditation standards, which allow ‘safe passage’ of graduates from one country to another [Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) 2010. Requiring medical school accreditation for ECFMG certification—moving accreditation forward. Available from: http://www.ecfmg.org/accreditation/rationale.pdf. Gaining much attention is the important standard of social accountability – ensuring that graduates’ competencies are shaped by the health and social needs of the local, national and even international …