[EQ] Global Consensus for Social Accountability of Medical Schools

Global Consensus for Social Accountability of Medical Schools

December 2010

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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