A Collaborative Multidisciplinary and Without-Walls Research Curriculum in Global Health.

ABSTRACT: Longitudinal and collaborative global health research curricula to train a well-versed global health corps through skills building in assessment and evaluation are lacking. A without-walls research curriculum was offered to medical and public health students between 2007 and 2015. Mentored cross-disciplinary research projects were developed and implemented in partnership with communities. A multilevel mixed methods design, including semi-structured interviews, post-curriculum surveys, presentations, publications, postgraduation metrics, and feedback from project sites, evaluated educational outcomes. Students (N = 25; aged 27 ± 1.9 years; 90.5% female) participated in the studies in 12 countries, resulting in 26 national-level presentations and 24 peer-reviewed publications, includi

SUBMITTER: Asgary R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221244 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature