Curriculum framework for global health in family medicine
Curriculum framework for global health in family medicine AAFP Global Health Meeting San Diego October 14, 2011 Dr. Lynda Redwood-Campbell, Department of Family Medicine, Mc. Master University, Canada Dr. Katherine Rouleau, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
Learning Objectives 1. To learn about the process used to develop a curriculum framework for Global Health education in Family Medicine. 2. To discuss and debate the key components of the framework and determine how it might be applicable to other Family Medicine educational programmes and projects. 3. To network and exchange ideas about global health curriculum issues with Canadian colleagues
What? To develop a comprehensive and explicit framework for Global Health in Family Medicine WHY? To develop a foundation to guide the design, delivery and evaluation of GH education
Methods l Established working group-global health educators from Ontario’s six medical schools l 9 others as advisors to group l Regular meetings over 5 month period l scoping review of global health curricula/competencies/ pedagogical approaches l A full day expert meeting occurred. l A consensus process and draft framework to design global health curricula was developed -----later revised and used to guide the identification of enabling global health competencies CANMEDS
Values and Principles underlying Global Health and Family Medicine Education 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Social justice Sustainability Reciprocity Respect Honesty and openness Humility Responsiveness and accountability Equity Solidarity
Working Definition for Global Health for Family Medicine “Global Health is an area of education, research and practice that places priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. ”
Mission Statement for the Global Health Education in Family Medicine Training “The family physician’s role in global health is to achieve health equity through advocating and fostering relationships with individuals and populations addressing the broad determinants of health. ”
Framework for Global Health Education in Postgraduate Family Medicine Training http: //ennovativesolution. com/Global-Health/
Curriculum delivery Mentorship models Practice opportunities Evaluation/assessment
Small Groups Framework Discussion What is most useful? What is missing?
How would you implement any one of 4 curricular components? Considerations for implementation? 1. 2. 3. 4. Curriculum delivery Mentorship models Practice opportunities Evaluation/assessment
Results The main outcome was an evidence-informed interactive framework http: //globalhealth. ennovativesolution. com/ to provide a shared foundation to guide the design, delivery and evaluation of global health education programs. The framework guided the development of subsequent enabling competencies.
Conclusions The curriculum framework can support the design, delivery and evaluation of global health curriculum in Canada and internationally. Modelhttp: //ennovativesolution. com/Global-Health/ Paperhttp: //www. biomedcentral. com/content/pdf/ 1472 -6920 -11 -46. pdf
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