scholarly journals Integrating CanMEDS competencies into global health electives: an innovative elective program

CJEM ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahim Valani ◽  
Abi Sriharan ◽  
Dennis Scolnik

ABSTRACT Globalization has opened the doors for medical students to undertake international health electives, providing an opportunity for them to gain valuable competencies and skills outside their formal curriculum. As the number of medical students embarking on these electives increases, there is a need to structure the electives with specific learning objectives and to ensure adequate educational outcomes. We describe the International Pediatric Emergency Medicine Elective (IPEME), which is a novel global health elective that brings together students from Canada and the Middle East who are selected on the basis of a competitive application process and brought to Toronto for a 4-week living and studying experience. The program was introduced in 2004 and uses four specific areas to provide its structure: pediatric emergency medicine, global health, leadership, and peace building. The elective uses core CanMEDS competencies to foster cross-cultural dialogue, networking, and cooperation and fulfills the program's aim of using health as a bridge to peace. The lessons learned from the curriculum planning and implementation process are highlighted and the impact of the program explored to help provide a framework for developing similar international electives.

MedEdPORTAL ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Gill ◽  
Michael Kapusta ◽  
Chris Gerdung ◽  
Maury Pinsk ◽  
Jon Duff ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Alomar ◽  
Narges Daliri ◽  
Awatif Alamer ◽  
Abdolmoneim Eldali

Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) rotation provides a unique training environment for rotating residents. We aim to assess the impact of PEM rotation on the scientific knowledge of residents from different specialties and training centers by comparing the pre- and post-rotation knowledge. PEM Departments of three major tertiary care training centers were selected. Rotating pediatric and emergency medicine residents were given pre-test with twenty multiple-choice type questions related to the scientific knowledge of PEM and then re-tested with the same questions towards the end of their rotation. The t-test was used to compare mean scores. Further comparison based on specialty and training center was also done. Seventy-three residents were approached and enrolled, 48 from Pediatrics and 25 from Emergency Medicine. The mean pre- and post-scores for all residents were 15.9/20 and 15.5/20, respectively. All residents’ score was less on the post-rotation compared to the pre-rotation in all centers. Pediatric residents at one center scored higher, but they were not statistically significant. There were no statistically significant differences in resident specialty. We found a statistical difference between the residents of two centers compared to the third with P=0.04 and 0.02 respectively. After one month of rotation in PEM, we observed a decrease in the post-rotation test scores as compared to the pre-rotation scores. Since the reasons for the lower scores could not be identified by this study, educational deficiencies should be identified and perhaps a focused teaching and allotted study time to optimize the residents educational objective could be advised.


2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
Heather L. Crouse ◽  
Paul C. Mullan ◽  
Charles G. Macias ◽  
Deborah C. Hsu ◽  
Joan E. Shook ◽  
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