Support for global health and pandemic preparedness in medical education in Germany: Students as change agents.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced Germany's role as global health player, but the education system is lagging behind and does not adequately prepare health professionals for the new challenges. This study aims to strengthen global health in undergraduate medical education in Germany. Major objectives include: to review the current situation, explore changing demand for global health and introduce innovative teaching models and the drivers for change. Mixed methods and an explorative approach were applied, comprising a scoping review, online surveys carried out at Hanover Medical School, March/April 2020. Target groups were undergraduate medical students (n = 384) and additionally lecturers (n = 172), and finally new multiprofessional teaching courses initiated by students and developed

SUBMITTER: Kreitlow A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8207038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature