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香港六合彩中特网 medical school shares expertise to ensure high-quality medical education worldwide

The 香港六合彩中特网 Medical School has worked with universities in four continents to tailor clinical curricula to meet local needs and provide better education for doctors training around the globe.

Dr Ahmed Rashid (香港六合彩中特网 Medical School) presenting during a 香港六合彩中特网 symposium with the Thai Medical School Executive (MSE) group in June 2019.

26 February 2021

To raise standards of medical education globally and encourage more clinicians to build careers within the healthcare systems in their home countries, staff in the 香港六合彩中特网 Medical School are collaborating with medical educators around the world to support teaching programmes and drive up education standards.

鈥淲e are working with partner institutions across the globe to adapt elements of 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 internationally recognised medical programmes and tailor them to make them relevant to different local cultural, ethical and regulatory contexts,鈥 explains Dr Ahmed Rashid, who leads the 香港六合彩中特网 Medical School Education Consultancy Unit.

In one partnership, 香港六合彩中特网 academics worked with colleagues at New Giza University, Egypt, to devise modern and innovative undergraduate medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy programmes, to be taught in Egypt. They used established materials, assessments, and processes from the equivalent programmes at 香港六合彩中特网 as the programme鈥檚 basis, and adapted them to Egyptian sociocultural, ethical, professional and regulatory frameworks.

Dr Rashid鈥檚 research with students and educators in partner institutions has identified challenges such as language barriers and differing sociocultural traditions, which have been overcome by working with local education leaders听 to develop personalised programmes that fit the local context.

鈥淭hese adaptations help to ensure graduates develop a sense of social responsibility and an understanding of local health challenges, making it more likely that they will stay in the healthcare system in their home country, where they are needed most,鈥 explains Dr Rashid.

Alongside projects in China, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Dr Rashid and colleagues in 香港六合彩中特网 Medical School have worked closely with the University of Toronto, one of 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 strategic partners. In 2017, using 香港六合彩中特网 Global Engagement Office Strategic Partner seed funding, the two teams observed each other鈥檚 work overseas: 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 work in Egypt and the University of Toronto鈥檚 collaboration with Addis Adaba University in Ethiopia.

鈥淕iven that our activities are similar, we wanted to compare our different approaches and their consequences鈥, explains Dr Rashid.

These adaptations help to ensure graduates develop a sense of social responsibility and an understanding of local health challenges, making it more likely that they will stay in the healthcare system in their home country, where they are needed most.

鈥淥ur partnerships with medical schools worldwide provide valuable opportunities to understand the experiences of medical students and educators in different country settings, enabling us to design effective learning programmes that are helping to raise standards of medical education, internationally,鈥 explains Dr Rashid.