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The benefits of international health experiences for Australian and New Zealand medical education
Author(s) -
McNeil H Patrick,
Wild Paul,
Harris Hayley,
Dowton S Bruce
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja16.01350
Subject(s) - library science , citation , sociology , management , media studies , art history , art , computer science , economics
Despite the emergence and establishment of global health as an academic discipline, it largely resides within public health education and practice, and is typically taught and learnt within Master of Public Health programs, rather than through experiences within mainstream medical education. In Australian and New Zealand medical programs, clinical learning with a global health focus is generally achieved through the inclusion of clinical placement electives that permit student-initiated and organised international health experiences (IHEs). In cases where the IHEs are arranged by the university, they are generally short and optional.