Internationalization of Medical Education-Building a Program to Prepare Future Leaders in Healthcare

doi:10.1007/s40670-019-00695-4

. 2019 Feb 11;29(2):535-547.

doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00695-4. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Internationalization of Medical Education-Building a Program to Prepare Future Leaders in Healthcare

Anette Wu¹, Heike Kielstein², Takeshi Sakurai³, Geoffroy Noel⁴, Suvi Viranta-Kovanen⁵, Chung-Liang Chien⁶, Paulette Bernd¹

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¹ Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 650 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 USA.
² Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany.
³ Department of Drug Discovery Medicine, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan.
⁴ Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
⁵ Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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DOI: 10.1007/s40670-019-00695-4

Internationalization of Medical Education-Building a Program to Prepare Future Leaders in Healthcare

Anette Wu et al. Med Sci Educ. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 11;29(2):535-547.

doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00695-4. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Anette Wu¹, Heike Kielstein², Takeshi Sakurai³, Geoffroy Noel⁴, Suvi Viranta-Kovanen⁵, Chung-Liang Chien⁶, Paulette Bernd¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 650 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 USA.
² Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany.
³ Department of Drug Discovery Medicine, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan.
⁴ Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
⁵ Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 34457511
PMCID: PMC8368475
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-019-00695-4

Abstract

In a globally interconnected world, internationalization of medical education has become increasingly important. While many programs focus on international programs for clinical students, the number of programs for preclinical medical and dental students is small. Based in the Anatomy course, the program presented here involves early international collaborations between preclinical students from six countries. Our work involves small-group video sessions and a large international student videoconference (including cultural and didactic components). The online connections progress with in-person basic sciences summer internships undertaken at the international partner institutions. This collaborative program features unique elements that facilitate cultural exchange and help develop leadership skills in healthcare early in a student's career. We present recommendations for international program implementation.

Keywords: Global health; Internationalization of medical education; Leadership; Peer-to-peer collaboration; Student collaboration.

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Conflict of InterestThe authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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a Students’ perceived learning small-group video sessions, year 4. b Students’ perceived learning large group, year 4

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