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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span><b><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Global Consensus for Social Accountability of
Medical Schools <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">“….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.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">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.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The Consensus consists of
ten strategic directions for medical schools to become socially accountable,
highlighting required improvements to:</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">• Respond to
current and future health needs and challenges in society</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">• Reorient their
education, research and service priorities accordingly</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">• Strengthen
governance and partnerships with other stakeholders</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">• Use evaluation
and accreditation to assess performance and impact<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">It recommends synergy
among existing networks and organizations to move the consensus into action at
global level, with a number of tasks:</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">• Advocacy to
recognize the value of the global consensus</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">• Consultancy to
adapt and implement it in different contexts</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">• Research to
design standards reflecting social accountability</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">• Global
coordination to share experiences and support…”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">[“…..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). <br>
The GCSA conference was made possible by the generous support of a grant from
Atlantic Philanthropy….]<br>
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