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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Autores principales:	Shivali Misra, Alison Doucet, Juana Morales, Neil Andersson, Ann Macaulay, Andrea Evans
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Publicado:	Canadian Medical Education Journal 2018
Materias:	medical education global health global health education medical elective capacity growth medical training Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:523a92bb17ca4ad6b80f48923d2337762021-12-01T22:45:20ZCommunity engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership10.36834/cmej.368371923-1202https://doaj.org/article/523a92bb17ca4ad6b80f48923d2337762018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/36837https://doaj.org/toc/1923-1202Background: 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. Shivali MisraAlison DoucetJuana MoralesNeil AnderssonAnn MacaulayAndrea EvansCanadian Medical Education Journalarticlemedical educationglobal healthglobal health educationmedical electivecapacity growthmedical trainingEducation (General)L7-991Medicine (General)R5-920ENCanadian Medical Education Journal, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2018)
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topic	medical education global health global health education medical elective capacity growth medical training Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	medical education global health global health education medical elective capacity growth medical training Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920 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
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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author	Shivali Misra Alison Doucet Juana Morales Neil Andersson Ann Macaulay Andrea Evans
author_facet	Shivali Misra Alison Doucet Juana Morales Neil Andersson Ann Macaulay Andrea Evans
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title	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_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_sort	community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year ecuador-canada partnership
publisher	Canadian Medical Education Journal
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/523a92bb17ca4ad6b80f48923d233776
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Community engagement in global health education supports equity and advances local priorities: an eight year Ecuador-Canada partnership

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