Developing Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical Trainees: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the 30-Year Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership

Background: There is strong interest among healthcare trainees and academic institutions in global health rotations. There are a number of guidelines detailing the ethical principles for equitable and ethical global health rotations and bilateral exchanges, but it is often challenging to know to imp...

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Autores principales: Matthew Turissini, Tim Mercer, Jenny Baenziger, Lukoye Atwoli, Robert Einterz, Adrian Gardner, Debra Litzelman, Paul Ayuo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0af3c607e9dd469797f0a7f2fe340a482021-12-02T13:37:27ZDeveloping Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical Trainees: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the 30-Year Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership2214-999610.5334/aogh.2782https://doaj.org/article/0af3c607e9dd469797f0a7f2fe340a482020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2782https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: There is strong interest among healthcare trainees and academic institutions in global health rotations. There are a number of guidelines detailing the ethical principles for equitable and ethical global health rotations and bilateral exchanges, but it is often challenging to know to implement those principles and develop longstanding partnerships. Objectives: The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a 30-year continuous partnership between a consortium of 12 universities in North America and Moi University in Kenya. The AMPATH bilateral educational exchange has had 1,871 North American and over 400 Kenyan clinical trainees participate to date. The article describes the bilateral exchange of trainees including curriculum, housing, and costs and discusses how each is an application of the principles of ethical global engagement. Findings: The article takes the experiences of the AMPATH partnership and offers practical strategies for implementing similar partnerships based on previously published ethical principles. Conclusions: AMPATH provides a model for developing an institutional partnership for a bilateral educational exchange grounded in cultural humility, bidirectional relationships, and longitudinal, sustainable engagement.Matthew TurissiniTim MercerJenny BaenzigerLukoye AtwoliRobert EinterzAdrian GardnerDebra LitzelmanPaul AyuoUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 86, Iss 1 (2020)
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topic Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
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spellingShingle Infectious and parasitic diseases
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Public aspects of medicine
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Matthew Turissini
Tim Mercer
Jenny Baenziger
Lukoye Atwoli
Robert Einterz
Adrian Gardner
Debra Litzelman
Paul Ayuo
Developing Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical Trainees: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the 30-Year Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership
description Background: There is strong interest among healthcare trainees and academic institutions in global health rotations. There are a number of guidelines detailing the ethical principles for equitable and ethical global health rotations and bilateral exchanges, but it is often challenging to know to implement those principles and develop longstanding partnerships. Objectives: The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a 30-year continuous partnership between a consortium of 12 universities in North America and Moi University in Kenya. The AMPATH bilateral educational exchange has had 1,871 North American and over 400 Kenyan clinical trainees participate to date. The article describes the bilateral exchange of trainees including curriculum, housing, and costs and discusses how each is an application of the principles of ethical global engagement. Findings: The article takes the experiences of the AMPATH partnership and offers practical strategies for implementing similar partnerships based on previously published ethical principles. Conclusions: AMPATH provides a model for developing an institutional partnership for a bilateral educational exchange grounded in cultural humility, bidirectional relationships, and longitudinal, sustainable engagement.
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author Matthew Turissini
Tim Mercer
Jenny Baenziger
Lukoye Atwoli
Robert Einterz
Adrian Gardner
Debra Litzelman
Paul Ayuo
author_facet Matthew Turissini
Tim Mercer
Jenny Baenziger
Lukoye Atwoli
Robert Einterz
Adrian Gardner
Debra Litzelman
Paul Ayuo
author_sort Matthew Turissini
title Developing Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical Trainees: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the 30-Year Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership
title_short Developing Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical Trainees: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the 30-Year Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership
title_full Developing Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical Trainees: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the 30-Year Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership
title_fullStr Developing Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical Trainees: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the 30-Year Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership
title_full_unstemmed Developing Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical Trainees: Implementation and Lessons Learned from the 30-Year Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Partnership
title_sort developing ethical and sustainable global health educational exchanges for clinical trainees: implementation and lessons learned from the 30-year academic model providing access to healthcare (ampath) partnership
publisher Ubiquity Press
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/0af3c607e9dd469797f0a7f2fe340a48
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