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Scholarly Innovations| Volume 15, ISSUE 5, P565-567, September 01, 2015

Optimizing Global Health Electives Through Partnerships: A Pilot Study of Pediatric Residents

Published:July 29, 2015DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2015.06.006
Optimizing Global Health Electives Through Partnerships: A Pilot Study of Pediatric Residents
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      Guidelines for global health training experiences suggest that short-term electives be nested within sustained partnerships. We describe the development of electives with partner sites and find that residents also perceive greater benefit in partner site electives.
      Pediatric residency programs increasingly support opportunities for trainees to participate in global health electives.
      • Nelson B.D.
      • Lee A.C.
      • Newby P.K.
      • et al.
      Global health training in pediatric residency programs.
      Pediatrics. 2008; 122: 28-33
      Despite the potential benefits and popularity of global health electives for pediatric residents,
      • Niemantsverdriet S.
      • Majoor G.D.
      • VanDerVleuten C.P.
      • et al.
      I found myself to be a down to earth Dutch girl: a qualitative study into learning outcomes from international traineeships.
      Med Educ. 2004; 38: 749-757
      , 
      • Federico S.G.
      • Zachar P.A.
      • Oravec C.M.
      • et al.
      A successful international child health elective.
      Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006; 160: 191-196
      , 
      • Thompson M.J.
      • Huntington M.K.
      • Hunt D.D.
      • et al.
      Educational effects of international health electives on US and Canadian medical students and residents: a literature review.
      Acad Med. 2003; 78: 342-347
      , 
      • Gladding S.
      • Zink T.
      • Howard C.
      • et al.
      International electives at the University of Minnesota Global Pediatric Residency Program: opportunities for education in all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies.
      Acad Pediatr. 2012; 12: 245-250
      strategies for ensuring the quality of experiences, assessing benefit to trainees, and minimizing burden to host sites remain poorly defined.
      • Garfunkel L.C.
      • Howard C.R.
      Expand education in global health: it is time.
      Acad Pediatr. 2011; 11: 260-262
      Guidelines suggest the most meaningful training experiences occur in the context of well-structured programs with reciprocal, long-term relationships between programs
      • Torjesen K.
      • Mandalakas A.
      • Khan R.
      • et al.
      International child health electives for pediatric residents.
      Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999; 153: 1297-1302
      , 
      • Crump J.
      • Sugarman J.
      Working Group on Ethics Guidelines for Global Health.
      Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010; 83: 1178-1182
      , 
      • Eneriz-Wiemer M.
      • Nelson B.D.
      • Bruce J.
      • et al.
      Global health training in pediatric residency: a qualitative analysis of faculty director insights.
      Acad Pediatr. 2012; 12: 238-244
      ; however, comparisons of electives through partner versus nonpartner sites have not been performed.

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      References

        • Nelson B.D.
        • Lee A.C.
        • Newby P.K.
        • et al.
        Global health training in pediatric residency programs.
        Pediatrics. 2008; 122: 28-33
        View in Article
        • Niemantsverdriet S.
        • Majoor G.D.
        • VanDerVleuten C.P.
        • et al.
        I found myself to be a down to earth Dutch girl: a qualitative study into learning outcomes from international traineeships.
        Med Educ. 2004; 38: 749-757
        View in Article
        • Federico S.G.
        • Zachar P.A.
        • Oravec C.M.
        • et al.
        A successful international child health elective.
        Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006; 160: 191-196
        View in Article
        • Thompson M.J.
        • Huntington M.K.
        • Hunt D.D.
        • et al.
        Educational effects of international health electives on US and Canadian medical students and residents: a literature review.
        Acad Med. 2003; 78: 342-347
        View in Article
        • Gladding S.
        • Zink T.
        • Howard C.
        • et al.
        International electives at the University of Minnesota Global Pediatric Residency Program: opportunities for education in all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies.
        Acad Pediatr. 2012; 12: 245-250
        View in Article
        • Garfunkel L.C.
        • Howard C.R.
        Expand education in global health: it is time.
        Acad Pediatr. 2011; 11: 260-262
        View in Article
        • Torjesen K.
        • Mandalakas A.
        • Khan R.
        • et al.
        International child health electives for pediatric residents.
        Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999; 153: 1297-1302
        View in Article
        • Crump J.
        • Sugarman J.
        Working Group on Ethics Guidelines for Global Health.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010; 83: 1178-1182
        View in Article
        • Eneriz-Wiemer M.
        • Nelson B.D.
        • Bruce J.
        • et al.
        Global health training in pediatric residency: a qualitative analysis of faculty director insights.
        Acad Pediatr. 2012; 12: 238-244
        View in Article

      Article Info

      Publication History

      Published online: July 29, 2015
      Accepted: June 9, 2015
      Received: January 31, 2015

      Footnotes

      The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2015.06.006

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