Table 2.

Educational objectives and the institutions reporting them.

Pre-elective educational objectives	N (%)	Institutions
Building knowledge of tropical medicine	18	UCol, UFCM
Increasing cultural awareness	27	UCol, SNYMC, UFCM
Understanding culture shock	9	UFCM
Language training	9	UFCM
Learning about resource availability	18	SNYMC, UFCM
Intra-elective educational objectives
Attending lectures	18	MMU, UCol
Enhancing clinical skills	82	UCL, UCol, CMS, MSSM, SNYMC,UCSF, UB, UFCM, MSGME
Learning research methodology	9	MMU
Engaging in research projects	18	UCL, MMU
Learning a foreign language	27	UCol, UB, UFCM
Maintaining and reviewing data entry logs (diseases, procedures, patient demographics)	36	UCol, CMS, UFCM, MSGME
Understanding different health care systems	82	UCL, MMU, UT, UCol, CMS, SNYMC, UB, UFCM, MSGME
Learning about common health concerns in developing world	36	UCol, MSSM, SNYMC, UFCM
Understanding clinical ethics	27	UT, MSSM, UFCM
Increasing cultural awareness	46	MSSM, SNYMC, UCSF, UB, UFCM
Learning to manage diseases rarely seen at home	46	MMU, UT, MSSM, UB, UFCM
Understanding differences in medical education	36	UCL, UT, UCol, SNYMC
Gaining surgical experience	27	MSSM, UCSF, UB
Functioning in low resource settings	27	CMS, UCSF, UFCM
Understanding cultural differences in treating patients	64	UCL, MMU, UT, UCol, CMS, UCSF, UFCM
Post elective educational objective
Understanding culture shock	9	UCol
Reflecting on experiences	82	UCL, MMU, UT, UCol, MSSM, SNYMC, UFCM, MSGME