An International Partnership of 12 Anatomy Departments - Improving Global Health through Internationalization of Medical Education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At a time of global interconnectedness, the internationalization of medical education has become important. Anatomy as an academic discipline, with its close connections to the basic sciences and to medical education, can easily be connected with global health and internationalization of medical education. Here the authors present an international program based on a partnership between twelve anatomy departments in ten countries, on four continents. Details of a proposed plan for the future direction of the program are also discussed.

Objective

The aim is to improve global healthcare by preparing future global healthcare leaders via early international networking, international collaboration and exchange, intercultural experience, and connecting two seemingly dist

SUBMITTER: Wu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7059426 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature