Beyond Medical “Missions” to Impact-Driven Short-Term Experiences in Global Health (STEGHs): Ethical Principles to Optimize Community Benefit and Learner Experience

K. Melby, Melissa; C. Loh, Lawrence; Evert, Jessica; Prater, Christopher; C. Lin, Henry; A. Khan, Omar

doi:10.1097/acm.0000000000001009

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Beyond Medical “Missions” to Impact-Driven Short-Term Experiences in Global Health (STEGHs): Ethical Principles to Optimize Community Benefit and Learner Experience

Published in Academic Medicine • Dec 2, 2015

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Melissa K. Melby

Lawrence C. Loh

Jessica Evert

Abstract

Increasing demand for global health education in medical training has driven the growth of educational programs predicated on a model of short-term medical service abroad. Almost two-thirds of matriculating medical students expect to participate in a global health experience during medical school, c...

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