The evolution of global health teaching in undergraduate medical curricula
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The evolution of global health teaching in undergraduate medical curricula
BACKGROUND Since the early 1990s there has been a burgeoning interest in global health teaching in undergraduate medical curricula. In this article we trace the evolution of this teaching and present recommendations for how the discipline might develop in future years. DISCUSSION Undergraduate global health teaching has seen a marked growth over the past ten years, partly as a response to stu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Globalization and Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-35