Host perspective on academic supervision, health care provision and institutional partnership during short‐term electives in global health.
Context: Studies about the impact of global health electives on host institutions are scarce and often made from the perspective of institutions that send students. The present research examined the impact of short‐term electives in global health (STEGHs) from the under‐represented perspective of ho...
| Publicado en: | Medical Education Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 303 - 312 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=142456169&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 142456169 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 03080110 ESF jtl: Medical Education issn: 03080110 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Apr2020 vid: 54 iid: 4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 142456169 142456169 145826439 142456169 10.1111/medu.14027 142456169 ppf: 303 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Host perspective on academic supervision, health care provision and institutional partnership during short‐term electives in global health. aug: au: Renaud‐Roy, Etienne Bernier, Nicolas Fournier, Pierre affil: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal Québec,, Canada sug: subj: Interinstitutional Relations Evaluation Supervisors and Supervision World Health Curriculum Human Benin Semi-Structured Interview Convenience Sample Thematic Analysis Students, College Self-Directed Learning Student Knowledge Beninese Persons ab: Context: Studies about the impact of global health electives on host institutions are scarce and often made from the perspective of institutions that send students. The present research examined the impact of short‐term electives in global health (STEGHs) from the under‐represented perspective of host institutions in Benin. Methods: The authors conducted 30 semi‐structured interviews from a convenience sample of Beninese health care professionals who had hosted Canadian medical students. Interviewees had previously supervised STEGHs in one of the five different institutions. A subsequent qualitative thematic analysis methodology was used to compilate codes and generate themes. Results: Hosting STEGH students motivated respondents to increase their medical knowledge through self‐driven learning. They perceived an improvement in the quality of their care and felt a negligible impact on patient safety. They negatively commented on the lack of clear pedagogic objectives that they could rely on. Interviewees think current STEGH partnerships do not advantage them because institutions that send students offer little support during the electives. Furthermore, sending institutions do not offer the same opportunity for local medical students or professionals to take part in such electives outside of Benin. Conclusions: Although host health care professionals evaluated global health electives positively overall, specific improvements could mitigate their negative impacts and help create a more balanced partnership between sending and host institutions. Sending institutions could involve host institutions in curriculum planning. They could invest in building reciprocal elective programmes to receive students from elsewhere. Meanwhile they can maximise the transfer of relevant medical knowledge, and provide expertise, resources and support during the electives. International electives in Global Health offer valuable learning. However, benefits and problems must be considered, a ratio that can be inequitable. This paper highlights host institution perspectives to help bring such opportunities into balance. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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