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Published in: Globalization and Health 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Research

The 'global health' education framework: a conceptual guide for monitoring, evaluation and practice

Authors: Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Victoria A Saint, Peter Tinnemann

Published in: Globalization and Health | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Background

In the past decades, the increasing importance of and rapid changes in the global health arena have provoked discussions on the implications for the education of health professionals. In the case of Germany, it remains yet unclear whether international or global aspects are sufficiently addressed within medical education. Evaluation challenges exist in Germany and elsewhere due to a lack of conceptual guides to develop, evaluate or assess education in this field.

Objective

To propose a framework conceptualising 'global health' education (GHE) in practice, to guide the evaluation and monitoring of educational interventions and reforms through a set of key indicators that characterise GHE.

Methods

Literature review; deduction.

Results and Conclusion

Currently, 'new' health challenges and educational needs as a result of the globalisation process are discussed and linked to the evolving term 'global health'. The lack of a common definition of this term complicates attempts to analyse global health in the field of education. The proposed GHE framework addresses these problems and presents a set of key characteristics of education in this field. The framework builds on the models of 'social determinants of health' and 'globalisation and health' and is oriented towards 'health for all' and 'health equity'. It provides an action-oriented construct for a bottom-up engagement with global health by the health workforce. Ten indicators are deduced for use in monitoring and evaluation.
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Metadata
Title
The 'global health' education framework: a conceptual guide for monitoring, evaluation and practice
Authors
Kayvan Bozorgmehr
Victoria A Saint
Peter Tinnemann
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Globalization and Health / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-7-8

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