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Transforming medical education in Liberia through an international community of inquiry

A critical component of building capacity in Liberia’s physician workforce involves strengthening the country’s only medical school, A.M. Dogliotti School of Medicine. Beginning in 2015, senior health sector stakeholders in Liberia invited faculty and staff from U.S. academic institutions and non-go...

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Autores principales: Talbert-Slagle, Kristina, Ajami, Ibrahim, Currey, Braden, Galvao, Rachel, Hadush, Jerusalem, Li, Serene Silin, Flowers, Javaughn T., Ziah, Moses, Amuh, Desmond, Rabb, Mikaela, Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen, Allen, Nikole, Martin, Marie, Miller, Mary, Yaman, Attila, Nuthulaganti, Tej, Plyler, Chelsea, Kumeh, Odell, Sieka, Joseph, Ogbuagu, Onyema, Marsh, Regan, Rastegar, Asghar, Sherman, Lawrence, Adams, Z’Sherman, Benson, Angela, Dahn, Bernice
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36963025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001610
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author Talbert-Slagle, Kristina
Ajami, Ibrahim
Currey, Braden
Galvao, Rachel
Hadush, Jerusalem
Li, Serene Silin
Flowers, Javaughn T.
Ziah, Moses
Amuh, Desmond
Rabb, Mikaela
Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen
Allen, Nikole
Martin, Marie
Miller, Mary
Yaman, Attila
Nuthulaganti, Tej
Plyler, Chelsea
Kumeh, Odell
Sieka, Joseph
Ogbuagu, Onyema
Marsh, Regan
Rastegar, Asghar
Sherman, Lawrence
Adams, Z’Sherman
Benson, Angela
Dahn, Bernice
author_facet Talbert-Slagle, Kristina
Ajami, Ibrahim
Currey, Braden
Galvao, Rachel
Hadush, Jerusalem
Li, Serene Silin
Flowers, Javaughn T.
Ziah, Moses
Amuh, Desmond
Rabb, Mikaela
Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen
Allen, Nikole
Martin, Marie
Miller, Mary
Yaman, Attila
Nuthulaganti, Tej
Plyler, Chelsea
Kumeh, Odell
Sieka, Joseph
Ogbuagu, Onyema
Marsh, Regan
Rastegar, Asghar
Sherman, Lawrence
Adams, Z’Sherman
Benson, Angela
Dahn, Bernice
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description A critical component of building capacity in Liberia’s physician workforce involves strengthening the country’s only medical school, A.M. Dogliotti School of Medicine. Beginning in 2015, senior health sector stakeholders in Liberia invited faculty and staff from U.S. academic institutions and non-governmental organizations to partner with them on improving undergraduate medical education in Liberia. Over the subsequent six years, the members of this partnership came together through an iterative, mutual-learning process and created what William Torbert et al describe as a “community of inquiry,” in which practitioners and researchers pair action and inquiry toward evidence-informed practice and organizational transformation. Incorporating faculty, practitioners, and students from Liberia and the U.S., the community of inquiry consistently focused on following the vision, goals, and priorities of leadership in Liberia, irrespective of funding source or institutional affiliation. The work of the community of inquiry has incorporated multiple mixed methods assessments, stakeholder discussions, strategic planning, and collaborative self-reflection, resulting in transformation of medical education in Liberia. We suggest that the community of inquiry approach reported here can serve as a model for others seeking to form sustainable global health partnerships focused on organizational transformation.
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spelling pubmed-100215652023-03-17 Transforming medical education in Liberia through an international community of inquiry Talbert-Slagle, Kristina Ajami, Ibrahim Currey, Braden Galvao, Rachel Hadush, Jerusalem Li, Serene Silin Flowers, Javaughn T. Ziah, Moses Amuh, Desmond Rabb, Mikaela Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen Allen, Nikole Martin, Marie Miller, Mary Yaman, Attila Nuthulaganti, Tej Plyler, Chelsea Kumeh, Odell Sieka, Joseph Ogbuagu, Onyema Marsh, Regan Rastegar, Asghar Sherman, Lawrence Adams, Z’Sherman Benson, Angela Dahn, Bernice PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article A critical component of building capacity in Liberia’s physician workforce involves strengthening the country’s only medical school, A.M. Dogliotti School of Medicine. Beginning in 2015, senior health sector stakeholders in Liberia invited faculty and staff from U.S. academic institutions and non-governmental organizations to partner with them on improving undergraduate medical education in Liberia. Over the subsequent six years, the members of this partnership came together through an iterative, mutual-learning process and created what William Torbert et al describe as a “community of inquiry,” in which practitioners and researchers pair action and inquiry toward evidence-informed practice and organizational transformation. Incorporating faculty, practitioners, and students from Liberia and the U.S., the community of inquiry consistently focused on following the vision, goals, and priorities of leadership in Liberia, irrespective of funding source or institutional affiliation. The work of the community of inquiry has incorporated multiple mixed methods assessments, stakeholder discussions, strategic planning, and collaborative self-reflection, resulting in transformation of medical education in Liberia. We suggest that the community of inquiry approach reported here can serve as a model for others seeking to form sustainable global health partnerships focused on organizational transformation. Public Library of Science 2023-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10021565/ /pubmed/36963025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001610 Text en © 2023 Talbert-Slagle et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Talbert-Slagle, Kristina
Ajami, Ibrahim
Currey, Braden
Galvao, Rachel
Hadush, Jerusalem
Li, Serene Silin
Flowers, Javaughn T.
Ziah, Moses
Amuh, Desmond
Rabb, Mikaela
Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen
Allen, Nikole
Martin, Marie
Miller, Mary
Yaman, Attila
Nuthulaganti, Tej
Plyler, Chelsea
Kumeh, Odell
Sieka, Joseph
Ogbuagu, Onyema
Marsh, Regan
Rastegar, Asghar
Sherman, Lawrence
Adams, Z’Sherman
Benson, Angela
Dahn, Bernice
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36963025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001610
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