Putting global health high on the agenda of medical schools.

Kutalek, Ruth; Lahlal, Mina; Kaawa-Mafigiri, David; Ryan-Coker, Marcella; Böll, Simone; Parisi, Sandra; Cheah, Phaik Yeong; Pritsch, Michael (2023). Putting global health high on the agenda of medical schools. Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift, 173(5-6), pp. 131-137. Springer 10.1007/s10354-022-00974-7

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In this opinion paper, we reflect on global health and global health education as well as challenges that the coming generation are likely to face. As the field is rapidly changing, it is vital to critically reflect categories of "global south" and "global north" as geographical boundaries, and rather think in terms of inequalities that are present in all countries. Global perspectives on health are useful to analyze structural challenges faced in all health care systems and help understand the diversity of cultures and patients' concepts of disease. We first discuss burning questions and important challenges in the field and how those challenges are tackled. Rather than going into detail on topical issues, we reflect on approaches and attitudes that we think are important in global health education and present opportunities and challenges for young scholars who are interested in working in this field.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Dermatology

UniBE Contributor:

Böll, Simone

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0043-5341

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

17 Oct 2022 11:26

Last Modified:

29 May 2024 12:02

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s10354-022-00974-7

PubMed ID:

36229742

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Academic institutionalization Global health education Interdisciplinarity Planetary health Skills and attitudes

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/173778

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/173778

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