PHM-Exch> Global Consensus for Social Accountability of Medical Schools.

[Claudio Schuftan]

>From Ana Lucia Ruggiero

 *Global Consensus for Social Accountability of Medical Schools

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*December 2010

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English PDF at: http://bit.ly/fw4ofp

 Spanish PDF at: http://bit.ly/fH6Kha

 “….The beginning of the 20th century presented medical schools with
unprecedented challenges to become more scientific and effective in the
creation of physicians. This was captured in the Flexner report of 1910. The
21st Century presents medical schools with a different set of challenges:
improving quality, equity, relevance and effectiveness in health care
delivery; reducing the mismatch with societal priorities; redefining roles
of health professionals; and providing evidence of impact on people’s heath
status.

 To address those challenges 130 organizations and individuals from around
the world with responsibility for health education, professional regulation
and policymaking participated for eight months in a three-round Delphi
process leading to a three-day facilitated consensus development conference.

 The Consensus consists of ten strategic directions for medical schools to
become socially accountable, highlighting required improvements to:

• Respond to current and future health needs and challenges in society

• Reorient their education, research and service priorities accordingly

• Strengthen governance and partnerships with other stakeholders

• Use evaluation and accreditation to assess performance and impact

 It recommends synergy among existing networks and organizations to move the
consensus into action at global level, with a number of tasks:

• Advocacy to recognize the value of the global consensus

• Consultancy to adapt and implement it in different contexts

• Research to design standards reflecting social accountability

• Global coordination to share experiences and support…”



[“…..The GCSA has been co-hosted by the University of British Columbia and
Walter Sisulu University, and held in conjunction with the 25th Anniversary
Celebration of Walter Sisulu School of Medicine, one of the premier examples
of a socially accountable medical school. We are thankful for the support of
the World Health Organization (WHO), TheNET network of medical schools,
Société Internationale Francophone d’Education Médicale (SIFEM), and the
World Federation of Medical Education (WFME).
The GCSA conference was made possible by the generous support of a grant
from Atlantic Philanthropy….]
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