Journal
MEDICAL TEACHER
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 142-147Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1762033
Keywords
Global health; international medical education; global health curriculum; evidence-based medicine
Funding
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Hitoshi Nikaidoh Memorial Endowment
- George A Robinson IV Foundation
- Craig and Galen T. Brown Foundation
- Christus Foundation
- Caring Friends in Deed
- Bridget Harrison Memorial Fund
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Investing in healthcare infrastructure in resource-limited settings is crucial for reducing global disease burden, and medical students are enthusiastic about supporting these efforts. Academic institutions are developing training programs to equip graduate medical trainees with the necessary skills for global health work.
Investment in healthcare infrastructure in resource-limited settings is a vital and cost-effective approach for diminishing world-wide disease burden, increasing quality of life, and lengthening life expectancy. Graduate medical trainees enthusiastically express interest in supporting global health efforts that expand healthcare access and capacity in resource-limited settings. Academic institutions are responding by developing training programs to equip graduate medical trainees with the technical, interpersonal, scholastic, and ethical skillsets necessary for the pursuit of global health efforts. Drawn from real-world experience and current literature, the following twelve tips will strengthen a global health curriculum in graduate medical training programs with dedicated global health education.
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