The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: PEPFAR’s Effort To Boost Health Worker Education To Strengthen Health Systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 1561-1572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitzhugh Mullan ◽  
Seble Frehywot ◽  
Francis Omaswa ◽  
Nelson Sewankambo ◽  
Zohray Talib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Worker Education ◽  
Medical Education Partnership Initiative

scholarly journals Variations in regulations to control standards for training and licensing of physicians: a multi-country comparison

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafa Aftab ◽  
Mishal Khan ◽  
Sonia Rego ◽  
Nishant Chavan ◽  
Afifah Rahman-Shepherd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Online News ◽  
Country Comparison ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
The Right

Abstract Background To strengthen health systems, the shortage of physicians globally needs to be addressed. However, efforts to increase the numbers of physicians must be balanced with controls on medical education imparted and the professionalism of doctors licensed to practise medicine. Methods We conducted a multi-country comparison of mandatory regulations and voluntary guidelines to control standards for medical education, clinical training, licensing and re-licensing of doctors. We purposively selected seven case-study countries with differing health systems and income levels: Canada, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, UK and USA. Using an analytical framework to assess regulations at four sequential stages of the medical education to relicensing pathway, we extracted information from: systematically collected scientific and grey literature and online news articles, websites of regulatory bodies in study countries, and standardised input from researchers and medical professionals familiar with rules in the study countries. Results The strictest controls we identified to reduce variations in medical training, licensing and re-licensing of doctors between different medical colleges, and across different regions within a country, include: medical education delivery restricted to public sector institutions; uniform, national examinations for medical college admission and licensing; and standardised national requirements for relicensing linked to demonstration of competence. However, countries analysed used different combinations of controls, balancing the strictness of controls across the four stages. Conclusions While there is no gold standard model for medical education and practise regulation, examining the combinations of controls used in different countries enables identification of innovations and regulatory approaches to address specific contextual challenges, such as decentralisation of regulations to sub-national bodies or privatisation of medical education. Looking at the full continuum from medical education to licensing is valuable to understand how countries balance the strictness of controls at different stages. Further research is needed to understand how regulating authorities, policy-makers and medical associations can find the right balance of standardisation and context-based flexibility to produce well-rounded physicians.

scholarly journals Medical Education Partnership Initiative gives birth to AFREhealth

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. e965-e966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Omaswa ◽  
Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde ◽  
Peter Donkor ◽  
James Hakim ◽  
Milliard Derbew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Education Partnership Initiative

scholarly journals S4.2 Introduction of rapid syphilis testing strengthens health systems and health worker capacity to provide integrated PMTCT services

2011 ◽  
Vol 87 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A4-A5
Author(s):  
S. Strasser ◽  
N. Chintu ◽  
T. Sripipatana ◽  
K. Shelley ◽  
O. Musana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Worker ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Syphilis Testing

scholarly journals Bringing everyone on board: what role can medical students play in the COVID-19 pandemic?

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. i-iv ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabel Cristina Rios ◽  
Marina Alves Martins Siqueira ◽  
Matheus Belloni Torsani ◽  
Rosemeire K. Hangai ◽  
Solange R. G. Fusco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Healthcare Outcomes ◽  
Emergency Plans ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Viral Dissemination

The fast spread of the COVID-19 epidemic has imposed unprecedented challenges to contemporary society, impacting several aspects of human life globally. Strict social distancing protocols had to be implemented in affected countries to contribute to reduce viral dissemination, and consequently, limit acquisition of new infections. Health systems were compelled to put emergency plans in place to cope with the overburden of potentially severe cases needing hospitalization, with the ultimate aim to preserve as many lives as possible. Academic health systems worldwide were required to propose novel strategies to maximize healthcare outcomes while mitigating negative impact on medical education.[...]

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