Ahmed Mohamed H, Abdalla Mohamed Elhassan, Taha Mohamed H
Department of Medicine and HIV Metabolic Clinic, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK.
College of Medicine and Medical Education Center, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):3820-3825. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_498_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
Medical education in Sudan continues to evolve and progress with proliferation in the number of medical schools after 1990. Social factors and the geographical location of Sudan will increase the opportunity of success of medical schools to be socially accountable. In this analysis, we explained why social accountability is needed in Sudan and how this can enhance both excellence in medical education and primary health care, especially in rural areas.
PubMed, scopus Medline, and Google Scholar were searched for published-English literature concerning social accountability of medical schools in Sudan and worldwide were reviewed regardless of the time limit. We have also included examples of medical schools from Sudan and the Middle East to reflect on their experience in social accountability.
In this critical review, we have shown that social accountability will come with benefits for medical schools and the community. Implementation of social accountability in medical schools in Sudan will increase the effectiveness of medical schools' productivity, research output, and health service in urban and rural areas. There is an urgent need for social accountability alliance in Sudan to increase collaboration between medical schools. This will increase the benefits of social accountability for all stakeholders and also increases the competency in social medicine within the medical school curriculum.
Social accountability is regarded as a sign of excellence in medical education. Primary care physicians in Sudan are expected to be the leaders in the implementation of social accountability. This analysis answered two important questions about why medical schools in Sudan should be socially accountable? And do we need a special structure of social accountability in Sudan?
1990年后，随着医学院数量的增加，苏丹的医学教育不断发展和进步。苏丹的社会因素和地理位置将增加医学院在社会问责方面取得成功的机会。在本分析中，我们解释了苏丹为何需要社会问责制，以及这如何能提升医学教育的卓越性和初级卫生保健水平，尤其是在农村地区。
检索了PubMed、Scopus、Medline和谷歌学术，以查找关于苏丹及全球医学院社会问责制的已发表英文文献，不限时间范围。我们还纳入了苏丹和中东地区医学院的实例，以反思它们在社会问责方面的经验。
在本次批判性综述中，我们表明社会问责制将给医学院和社区带来益处。在苏丹的医学院实施社会问责制将提高医学院在城乡地区的生产力、研究产出和卫生服务的有效性。苏丹迫切需要社会问责联盟，以加强医学院之间的合作。这将增加社会问责制给所有利益相关者带来的益处，也将提高医学院课程中社会医学的能力。
社会问责制被视为医学教育卓越性的标志。预计苏丹的初级保健医生将成为实施社会问责制的领导者。本分析回答了两个重要问题：苏丹的医学院为何应承担社会问责？苏丹是否需要特殊的社会问责结构？
