Department of International Cooperation, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia; Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Department of International Cooperation, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia.
Ann Glob Health. 2015 Sep-Oct;81(5):627-35. doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.10.007.
Global health is a new concept in Russia. There has been an ongoing academic collaboration between the Yale School of Medicine in the United States and Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda since 2010, and the US Western Connecticut Health Network/University of Vermont College of Medicine since 2012, to introduce global health concepts to Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) in Russia. The purpose was to educate Russian physicians and medical trainees about the practice of clinical medicine and medical education, as well as the general practice of global health in culturally diverse, resource-limited settings.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the initial outcomes of this multi-institutional partnership and to assess the impact of the global health elective on the participants and on KSMU.
Participants were selected to attend a 6-week elective in global health at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. The elective consisted of clinical experience, education about Uganda's common diseases, and region-specific sociocultural classes. It included a predeparture orientation and, upon return, completion of a standard questionnaire to assess the program's impact.
Since 2010, there have been 20 KSMU members (4 medical students, 4 interns, 9 residents, 2 fellows, and 1 faculty member) who have participated in the program. As a result of the elective, the participants reported increased knowledge of tropical medicine (70%) and HIV/AIDS (75%), and 95% reported increased cultural sensitivity and desire to work with the underserved. The majority noted a very positive impact of their careers (90%) and personal life (80%). KSMU established the first successful collaborative program in global health education in Russia, leading to the integration of tropical medicine and global health courses in medical school curriculum.
This elective has proven highly effective in introducing the concept of global health to faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students at KSMU. It trained these participants to address the challenges faced by physicians in culturally diverse and resource-limited countries.
全球健康是俄罗斯的一个新概念。自 2010 年以来，美国耶鲁大学医学院和乌干达马凯雷雷大学健康科学学院以及 2012 年以来美国康涅狄格西部卫生网络/佛蒙特大学医学院一直在进行学术合作，向俄罗斯喀山国立医科大学（KSMU）介绍全球健康概念。目的是向俄罗斯医生和医学实习生传授临床医学和医学教育实践以及在文化多样、资源有限的环境中开展全球卫生保健的一般做法。
本研究旨在评估这种多机构合作的初步成果，并评估全球卫生选修课程对参与者和 KSMU 的影响。
参与者被选入乌干达坎帕拉穆拉戈医院进行为期 6 周的全球卫生选修课程。该选修课程包括临床经验、乌干达常见疾病教育以及特定于该地区的社会文化课程。它包括出发前的定向培训，并在返回后完成标准问卷以评估该项目的影响。
自 2010 年以来，已有 20 名 KSMU 成员（4 名医学生、4 名实习生、9 名住院医师、2 名研究员和 1 名教师）参加了该计划。由于该选修课程，参与者报告说对热带医学（70%）和艾滋病病毒/艾滋病（75%）的了解有所增加，95%的人报告说文化敏感性有所提高，并希望与服务不足的人群合作。大多数人表示他们的职业生涯（90%）和个人生活（80%）受到了非常积极的影响。KSMU 在俄罗斯建立了第一个成功的全球卫生教育合作项目，导致在医学院课程中纳入了热带医学和全球健康课程。
该选修课程已被证明在向 KSMU 的教师、研究员、住院医师和医学生介绍全球健康概念方面非常有效。它培训了这些参与者应对文化多样和资源有限的国家的医生所面临的挑战。
