Table 1.

Benefits of bidirectional exchanges of learners within global health partnerships

Strengthens ethical partnership

Allows for ongoing needs assessment in a richer context of  the partnership

Supports learning from each other avoiding the risk of a  promoting a false teacher/student paradigm

Supports education of the global workforce

Can offer opportunities for knowledge and skill acquisition not  available in learner’s country

Provides exposure to a different model of teaching and patient care

Empowers trainees to be agents of change in their  home institutions

Encourages opportunities for novel approaches to clinical,  educational, and systems based approaches to be  implemented at home institution

Improves educational opportunities at hosting institution

Visiting learner provides host institution with insights and  alternate alternate approaches to care

Supports formation of new collaborations in research  and education

Improves understanding of culture and health system at partner  site and thereby can improve experience of future learners  traveling to partner institution