Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership
Background: Global health education initiatives inconsistently balance trainee growth and benefits to host communities. This report describes a global health elective for medical trainees that focuses on community engagement and participatory research to provide mutually beneficial outcomes for the...
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Canadian Medical Education Journal
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| author | Shivali Misra Alison Doucet Juana Morales Neil Andersson Ann Macaulay Andrea Evans |
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| description | Background: Global health education initiatives inconsistently balance trainee growth and benefits to host communities. This report describes a global health elective for medical trainees that focuses on community engagement and participatory research to provide mutually beneficial outcomes for the communities and trainees.
Methods: An eight-year university–community partnership, the Chilcapamba to Montreal Global Health Elective is a two-month shared decision-making research and clinical observership experience in rural Ecuador for medical trainees at McGill University, Canada. Research topics are set by matching community-identified priorities with skillsets and interests of trainees, taking into consideration local potential impact.
Results: Community outcomes included development of a Community Health Worker program, new collaborations with local organizations, community identification of health priorities, and generation of health improvement recommendations. Collaborative academic outputs included multiple bursary awards, conference presentations and published manuscripts.
Conclusion: This medical global health elective engages communities using participatory research to prioritise socially responsible and locally beneficial outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-523a92bb17ca4ad6b80f48923d2337762022-12-21T17:45:29ZengCanadian Medical Education JournalCanadian Medical Education Journal1923-12022018-06-019210.36834/cmej.36837Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnershipShivali Misra0Alison Doucet1Juana Morales2Neil Andersson3Ann Macaulay4Andrea Evans5McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityCanton of CotacachiMcGill UniversityMcGill UniversityThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenBackground: Global health education initiatives inconsistently balance trainee growth and benefits to host communities. This report describes a global health elective for medical trainees that focuses on community engagement and participatory research to provide mutually beneficial outcomes for the communities and trainees. Methods: An eight-year university–community partnership, the Chilcapamba to Montreal Global Health Elective is a two-month shared decision-making research and clinical observership experience in rural Ecuador for medical trainees at McGill University, Canada. Research topics are set by matching community-identified priorities with skillsets and interests of trainees, taking into consideration local potential impact. Results: Community outcomes included development of a Community Health Worker program, new collaborations with local organizations, community identification of health priorities, and generation of health improvement recommendations. Collaborative academic outputs included multiple bursary awards, conference presentations and published manuscripts. Conclusion: This medical global health elective engages communities using participatory research to prioritise socially responsible and locally beneficial outcomes.https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/36837medical educationglobal healthglobal health educationmedical electivecapacity growthmedical training |
| spellingShingle | Shivali Misra Alison Doucet Juana Morales Neil Andersson Ann Macaulay Andrea Evans Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership Canadian Medical Education Journal medical education global health global health education medical elective capacity growth medical training |
| title | Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership |
| title_full | Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership |
| title_fullStr | Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership |
| title_short | Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership |
| title_sort | community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities an eight year ecuador canada partnership |
| topic | medical education global health global health education medical elective capacity growth medical training |
| url | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/36837 |
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