International Child Health Electives for Pediatric Residents

International Child Health Elective for Pediatric Residents

BACKGROUND There are increasing evidence highlighting the importance of incorporating issues of global health into pre- and post-graduate medical curricula. Medical international cooperation is a fundamental component of strategies to include global health issues in post-graduate medical curricula. METHODS Here we describe a seven-year cooperation between the Non Governmental Organization (NG...

International health electives: strengthening graduate medical education.

An international health elective (IHE) can be an important component of the medical education and professional development of a physician. It provides essential global health skills that are crucial in a globalized society. Graduate medical education has an opportunity to deliver such skills to our health care workforce while addressing the pending workforce shortage and the uneven distribution...

Ethical considerations in International Health Electives.

Global health initiatives and electives: a survey of interest among Canadian otolaryngology residents.

OBJECTIVE To determine the level of interest among Canadian otolaryngology residents in global health initiatives (GHIs) and international health electives (IHEs) and the barriers to participation in such initiatives. METHODS A Web-based survey was developed and sent to all Canadian otolaryngology residents. Questions were posed on demographics, the level of interest in GHIs and IHEs, past ex...

National survey of international electives for global health in undergraduate medical education in Japan, 2011–2014

Interest in global health in medical education is increasing in Western countries, whereas data from non-Western countries is scarce. Here, we conducted a nationwide study of international clinical electives at Japanese medical schools from 2011 to 2013. We constructed a 28-item cross-sectional survey in Japanese to investigate the rate and characteristics of both Japanese students going abroad...