Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education

Background: The Global Medical Student Partnership (GMSP) is, a medical student-led international initiative to promote accessible Global Health learning. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the GMSP program in meeting its learning objectives. Methods: Canadian and international med...

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Autores principales:	Hannah Samuels, Vanessa Rojas-Luengas, Arman Zereshkian, Shirley Deng, Jenna Moodie, Paula Veinot, Ashna Bowry, Marcus Law
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Publicado:	Canadian Medical Education Journal 2020
Materias:	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ca02ced587a9434c82531f90f51340f82021-12-01T22:38:33ZEvaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education10.36834/cmej.693391923-1202https://doaj.org/article/ca02ced587a9434c82531f90f51340f82020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/69339https://doaj.org/toc/1923-1202 Background: The Global Medical Student Partnership (GMSP) is, a medical student-led international initiative to promote accessible Global Health learning. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the GMSP program in meeting its learning objectives. Methods: Canadian and international medical student pairs met online monthly (January-May 2018) to discuss global health-related medical cases. Students then reviewed cases with local GMSP peers and faculty experts. A mixed-methods study was performed to evaluate whether the objectives of the program had been achieved. 26 of 32 (81.3%) students completed a questionnaire, and 13 (40.6%) also participated in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to analyze students’ perspectives on skill development through GMSP. Results: GMSP students agreed or strongly agreed that international collaboration and communication skills were more important to them following program participation (92.3%, 92.3% respectively). Many expressed that after GMSP, they knew more about their healthcare system, practices abroad and how to solve complex health issues (92.3%, 84.6%, 61.5% respectively). Qualitative data showed GMSP improved students’ communication and presentation skills, provided a foundation for international relationships, fostered appraisal of diverse health systems, and furthered students’ understanding of health advocacy. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that GMSP met its original objectives by providing students with opportunities to engage in international collaborations and to further develop their skills in advocacy, communication, and health-systems research. This program may be an important addition to medical education as it makes use of technology and peer-to-peer exchange to enable global health learning. Hannah SamuelsVanessa Rojas-LuengasArman ZereshkianShirley DengJenna MoodiePaula VeinotAshna BowryMarcus LawCanadian Medical Education JournalarticleEducation (General)L7-991Medicine (General)R5-920ENCanadian Medical Education Journal, Vol 11, Iss 6 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920 Hannah Samuels Vanessa Rojas-Luengas Arman Zereshkian Shirley Deng Jenna Moodie Paula Veinot Ashna Bowry Marcus Law Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education
description	Background: The Global Medical Student Partnership (GMSP) is, a medical student-led international initiative to promote accessible Global Health learning. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the GMSP program in meeting its learning objectives. Methods: Canadian and international medical student pairs met online monthly (January-May 2018) to discuss global health-related medical cases. Students then reviewed cases with local GMSP peers and faculty experts. A mixed-methods study was performed to evaluate whether the objectives of the program had been achieved. 26 of 32 (81.3%) students completed a questionnaire, and 13 (40.6%) also participated in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to analyze students’ perspectives on skill development through GMSP. Results: GMSP students agreed or strongly agreed that international collaboration and communication skills were more important to them following program participation (92.3%, 92.3% respectively). Many expressed that after GMSP, they knew more about their healthcare system, practices abroad and how to solve complex health issues (92.3%, 84.6%, 61.5% respectively). Qualitative data showed GMSP improved students’ communication and presentation skills, provided a foundation for international relationships, fostered appraisal of diverse health systems, and furthered students’ understanding of health advocacy. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that GMSP met its original objectives by providing students with opportunities to engage in international collaborations and to further develop their skills in advocacy, communication, and health-systems research. This program may be an important addition to medical education as it makes use of technology and peer-to-peer exchange to enable global health learning.
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author	Hannah Samuels Vanessa Rojas-Luengas Arman Zereshkian Shirley Deng Jenna Moodie Paula Veinot Ashna Bowry Marcus Law
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title	Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education
title_short	Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education
title_full	Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education
title_fullStr	Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Global Medical Student Partnership program in undergraduate medical education

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