Development of a virtual asylum medicine curriculum: applying a medical education model to a global health priority.

ABSTRACT: Each year, millions of people fleeing persecution seek asylum in the USA and elsewhere. Many have experienced psychological and/or physical trauma that can be documented with objective forensic medical and mental evaluations (FMEs) performed by trained clinicians. FMEs can assist adjudicators in deciding claims, and asylum seekers who undergo an FME are significantly more likely to be granted asylum. However, there is a shortage of clinicians trained to perform FMEs, and existing training models have shortcomings, including lack of accessibility and consensus-driven best practices. To meet the rising need for FMEs and improve training in the burgeoning field of asylum medicine, we used Kern's model to design an interdisciplinary, consensus-driven, virtual curriculum that prepares clinician

SUBMITTER: DeFries T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865771 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature