Table 2.
Educational Approaches
| Educational Approach | Method of Implementation | %a |
|---|---|---|
| Experiential Learning | 40.6 | |
| • Domestic [10,19,28,29] | • Mandatory clerkship in community medicine[10] • The first year of medical education includes a clinical and International Health and Medicine Day [28] • Community prevention outreach program at a shelter for government-assisted refugees [29] • Weekly patient contact is offered to all first-year students[19] |
|
| • International[7,10,13,16,17,26,30-33] | • 2-week pre-clinical placement in developing countries[30,31] • Pre-departure training[10,30,31] • Two month elective at an international site[10,16,33] • Pre-departure orientations[10] • Elective terms for medical students in preclinical and clinical years[7,26] • Summer immersion experience [17] • International clinical electives, international rotations and opportunities for residents[32] • International Health Fellowship Program (IHFP) (two weeks of full-time preparatory courses followed by 6 to 8 weeks of international fieldwork)[13] |
|
| Didactics [6,7,10,16,19,22,26,28,30-33] | • Student discussions [30] • Group projects[30] • Intensive courses (several weeks courses) [30,31] • Core courses[10] • Elective courses[10,30] • Meetings[10] • Global health "tracks" [31] • Student involvement in conferences [7] • Collaboration with departments of health[22] • Courses taught by activist faculty members[22] • Mandatory courses in biostatistics, epidemiology, preventative medicine and health services[26] • Introductory course [16,19,28,33] • Residency "tracks"[32] • Preclinical courses[6] • Website resources[6] |
37.5 |
| Peer Education[7,16,29] | • Regular global health meetings involving student leaders and senior faculty members[7] • Student-run workshops for cross-cultural communication[16] • Student leadership with family physician mentorship[29] |
9.4 |
| Residency Training[9,15,24] | • Global Health tracks within residency programs[9] • Mentorship[9] • Preparation for oversees electives [9] • Additional year of training outside core residency programs[9] • 4-8 weeks resident rotations[24] • Block, longitudinal didactic international health training exposure to residents[15] |
9.4 |
| Research and Scholarly Activity[9,32] | • Research opportunities abroad[9] • Research opportunities for residents abroad[32] |
6.3 |
a The percent of articles mentioning education approaches was calculated by dividing the total number of articles discussing a certain educational approach by the total number of retrieved articles.