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. 2024 Sep 27;11(4):100190.
doi: 10.1016/j.fhj.2024.100190. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Proposing a curriculum framework for refugee and migrant health for UK medical students

Hilary Warrens  1 , Jeyapragash Jeyapala  2 , Helena Blakeway  3 , Amy Craig  2 , Isabel Tol  4
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Proposing a curriculum framework for refugee and migrant health for UK medical students

Hilary Warrens et al. Future Healthc J. .

Abstract

Introduction: Migration to the UK continues to rise. Refugee and migrant health needs are complex and multifaceted, and UK medical schools do not equip trainees to care confidently for this population.

Methods: A systematic literature review was performed to design a curriculum, which includes core themes, learning objectives, and proposed teaching methods. This was mapped to the General Medical Council (GMC) outcomes for UK graduates.

Results and discussion: Core themes were identified from 30 publications: knowledge, skills, leadership, advocacy and support. Topics include legislation, common conditions, social determinants of health, safeguarding and barriers to accessing care. Communication skills included trauma-informed and culturally sensitive consultations and interpreter use. Experiential learning programmes demonstrated high student satisfaction, development and patient impact. However, structured student support should be incorporated.

Conclusion: This adaptable curriculum correlates with GMC outcomes and may better equip doctors to deliver care to refugees, migrants and the wider UK population.

Keywords: Curriculum; Medical education; Migrant; Refugee; Service learning.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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PRISMA flow diagram. PRISMA =Ppreferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses.
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Curriculum framework. Core themes (inner ring); learning objectives (middle ring); GMC outcome-mapping (outer ring). GMC = General Medical Council.
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Curriculum themes and Anderson's revised taxonomy of learning. The five core learning themes of the proposed curriculum are mapped against Anderson's revised taxonomy of learning. This demonstrates the sequential introduction of higher order cognitive processing as students progress through the curriculum., ,
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