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ArticleBMC medical education2024

Exploring strategies, programs, and influencing factors for integrating social accountability into undergraduate medical education: a scoping review.

Mohamed Elhassan Abdalla, Mohamed H Taha, David Onchonga, Nehal Nour, Dervla Kelly, Sarah Harney, Deirdre McGrath

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Article in BMC medical education, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mohamed Elhassan AbdallaSchool of Medicine- Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9241-1370
Mohamed H TahaCollege of Medicine & Medical Education Center, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. mtaha@sharjah.ac.ae.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0808-5590
David OnchongaSchool of Medicine- Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4461-797X
Nehal NourSchool of Medicine- Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-1204-2744
Dervla KellySchool of Medicine- Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9836-5400
Sarah HarneySchool of Medicine- Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9237-8507
Deirdre McGrathSchool of Medicine- Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8666-7556

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSocial accountability (SA) measures institutional responses to societal needs. For medical education to be socially accountable, institutions must be equitably accessible and commit to training physicians who can work with communities to address health disparities. This scoping review aimed to explore the integration of social accountability into undergraduate medical education and examine the various ways it is implemented.

methodsThe authors searched PubMed, OVID Medline, CINAHL, ERIC and Scopus electronic databases for articles published between January 1995 and June 2023 to explore how SA is integrated into undergraduate medical education. The enhanced version of Arksey's and O'Malley's six-stage protocol was used. Analysis was done using the thematic analysis approach.

resultsEight hundred twenty-six articles were retrieved in the preliminary search. After the screening, 17 articles were included for final review. From the findings, three thematic areas were derived, which included strategies applied in incorporating SA into undergraduate medical education, factors influencing the adoption of SA into undergraduate medical education, and programmes used to translate SA into undergraduate medical education.

conclusionThis scoping review provides a comprehensive overview of the strategies, programs, and influencing factors related to the integration of social accountability into undergraduate medical education. The implementation of SA in undergraduate medical education is still very slow across the globe, there is an urgent need for a continued push towards making medical schools socially accountable.

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Education, Medical, UndergraduateSocial ResponsibilityCurriculumHumansGloballyMedical schoolsSocial accountabilityUndergraduate medical education

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PMCPMC11460141

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