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ArticleBMC medical education2024

A qualitative study of social accountability translation: from mission to living it.

Jennifer Cleland, Anand Zachariah, Sarah David, Anna Pulimood, Amudha Poobalan

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Jennifer ClelandMedical Education Research and Scholarship Unit, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore, 308232, Singapore. Jennifer.cleland@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1433-9323
Anand ZachariahChristian Medical College, M.G.R Medical University, Vellore, India.
Sarah DavidChristian Medical College, M.G.R Medical University, Vellore, India.
Anna PulimoodChristian Medical College, M.G.R Medical University, Vellore, India.
Amudha PoobalanSchool of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6975-3874

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Abstract

backgroundMedical schools are increasingly adopting socially accountable mission and curricula, the realisation of which are dependent on engaging individuals to embody the mission's principles in their everyday activities as doctors. However, little is known about how graduates perceive the efforts taken by their medical school to sensitise them to social accountability values, and how they translate this into their working lives. Our aim was to explore and understand graduate perceptions of how their medical school influenced them to embody a social accountability mission in their working lives.

methodsThis was a qualitative interview study carried out with graduates/alumni [n = 51] of Christian Medical College, Vellore [CMCV], India, a school with a long-established and explicit social-accountability mission. Data coding and analysis were initially inductive and thematic using Braun and Clarke's six step framework. MacIntyre's virtue ethics theory framed secondary analysis, allowing us to consider the relationships between individual and contextual factors.

resultsOur participants perceived that CMCV invested heavily in selecting personal qualities aligned with the CMCV mission. They saw that these qualities were reinforced through various practices: [e.g., placements in resource limited and/or remote and rural settings]; community engagement and expectations [e.g., student self-governance]; role modelling [staff and more senior students]. Much emphasis was placed on sustaining these traditions and practices over time, creating a strong sense of identity and belonging among participants, traditions which were fostered further by the alumni network and continued engagement with CMCV post-graduation.

conclusionsEnsuring social accountable medical education depends on alignment and interactions over time between context and structures, systems and human agents. Further studies are needed to extend understanding of how students from diverse contexts experience socially accountable medical education and translate their educational experience into their thinking and practice after graduation.

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Education, MedicalStudents, MedicalCurriculumHumansQualitative ResearchSocial ResponsibilityQualitative researchSocial accountabilityUnder-resourced setting

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PMCPMC10868042

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