SynthesisMedical education online2017
Global health training among U.S. residency specialties: a systematic literature review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Defining global health: findings from a systematic review and thematic analysis of the literature.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
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- Exploring Bidirectionality in Global Health Partnerships: Perspectives From U.S. Pediatric Residency Programs.Cureus · 2026Article
- Global health in Canadian anesthesiology residency programs: an online survey of opportunities and barriers.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Reducing Harm in Cultural Transition: Repurposing the 5 Stages of Grief Model for Global Health Experiences.Journal of graduate medical education · 2025Article
- Development of an innovative, competency-based, multi-speciality training programme in global health for graduate medical education.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Efficacy of a Novel, Self-Paced, Online Global Health Track Curriculum for Medical Residents.Cureus · 2025Article
- Core Content, Competencies, and Accreditation in US Global Health Fellowships: A Survey of Leaders' Perspectives.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Anti-racist and anti-colonial content within US global health curricula.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Impact of Educational Background on the Quality of Standardized Residency Training Program: The Case of China, a Cohort Study.Health services insights · 2024Article
- Increasing Care for Underserved Communities Through a Global Health Residency Training Program.Annals of global health · 2024Observational
- A Decade of Dedication: Navigating Challenges and Triumphs in Pediatric Global Health.Global pediatric health · 2024Review
- Perceptions of Global Health Engagements in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Health Care Workers and Administrators in Western Kenya: Protocol for a Multistage Qualitative Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Avoiding Unethical Altruism in Global Health: Revisiting Ethics Guidelines for International Rotations for Medical Residents.Journal of graduate medical education · 2023Article
- Characteristics of Global Health Careers among Graduates of a Global Health Equity Residency Training Program in the United States.Annals of global health · 2023Article
- What Is the Current Status of Global Health Training for US Postgraduate Trainees in Anesthesiology? What Are Possible Visions for the Future?Current anesthesiology reports · 2023Review
- Opportunities, barriers and expectations toward international voluntary medical missions among health trainees in Saudi Arabia.Sudanese journal of paediatrics · 2023Article
- Global Surgery Opportunities for General Surgery Residents: Are We Making Progress?The Journal of surgical research · 2022Article
- Global neurosurgery amongst the EANS community: Where are we at?Brain & spine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundInterest in global health training during residency is increasing. Global health knowledge is also becoming essential for health-care delivery today. Many U.S. residency programs have been incorporating global health training opportunities for their residents. We performed a systematic literature review to evaluate global health training opportunities and challenges among U.S. residency specialties.
methodsWe searched PubMed from its earliest dates until October 2015. Articles included were survey results of U.S. program directors on global health training opportunities, and web-based searches of U.S. residency program websites on global health training opportunities. Data extracted included percentage of residency programs offering global health training within a specialty and challenges encountered.
resultsStudies were found for twelve U.S. residency specialties. Of the survey based studies, the specialties with the highest percentage of their residency programs offering global health training were preventive medicine (83%), emergency medicine (74%), and surgery (71%); and the lowest were orthopaedic surgery (26%), obstetrics and gynecology (28%), and plastic surgery (41%). Of the web-based studies, the specialties with the highest percentage of their residency programs offering global health training were emergency medicine (41%), pediatrics (33%), and family medicine (22%); and the lowest were psychiatry (9%), obstetrics and gynecology (17%), and surgery (18%). The most common challenges were lack of funding, lack of international partnerships, lack of supervision, and scheduling.
conclusionAmong U.S. residency specialties, there are wide disparities for global health training. In general, there are few opportunities in psychiatry and surgical residency specialties, and greater opportunities among medical residency specialties. Further emphasis should be made to scale-up opportunities for psychiatry and surgical residency specialties.
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