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Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility—Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel

INTRODUCTION: Student outbound mobility is a major element in internationalization of medical education and global health education. However, this approach is often criticized, as it is inherently inequitable. Internationalization at home is a newer concept that aims to provide students with interna...

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Autores principales: Wu, Anette, Maddula, Vinay, Singh, Jasmine, Sagoo, Mandeep Gill, Chien, Chung-Liang, Wingate, Richard, Kielstein, Heike, Traxler, Hannes, Brassett, Cecilia, Waschke, Jens, Vielmuth, Fransziska, Sakurai, Takeshi, Zeroual, Mina, Olsen, Jorgen, El-Batti, Salma, Viranta-Kovanen, Suvi, Kitahara, Shuji, Keay, Kevin, Kunzel, Carol, Bernd, Paulette, Noël, Geoffroy P. J. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8184130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01332-9
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author Wu, Anette
Maddula, Vinay
Singh, Jasmine
Sagoo, Mandeep Gill
Chien, Chung-Liang
Wingate, Richard
Kielstein, Heike
Traxler, Hannes
Brassett, Cecilia
Waschke, Jens
Vielmuth, Fransziska
Sakurai, Takeshi
Zeroual, Mina
Olsen, Jorgen
El-Batti, Salma
Viranta-Kovanen, Suvi
Kitahara, Shuji
Keay, Kevin
Kunzel, Carol
Bernd, Paulette
Noël, Geoffroy P. J. C.
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Maddula, Vinay
Singh, Jasmine
Sagoo, Mandeep Gill
Chien, Chung-Liang
Wingate, Richard
Kielstein, Heike
Traxler, Hannes
Brassett, Cecilia
Waschke, Jens
Vielmuth, Fransziska
Sakurai, Takeshi
Zeroual, Mina
Olsen, Jorgen
El-Batti, Salma
Viranta-Kovanen, Suvi
Kitahara, Shuji
Keay, Kevin
Kunzel, Carol
Bernd, Paulette
Noël, Geoffroy P. J. C.
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description INTRODUCTION: Student outbound mobility is a major element in internationalization of medical education and global health education. However, this approach is often criticized, as it is inherently inequitable. Internationalization at home is a newer concept that aims to provide students with international skills and experiences without exchange travel. We report detailed outcomes of an international online program during the COVID-19 pandemic, which aimed to include acquisition of cultural awareness and competency—similar to what the students would have obtained if they had travelled abroad. METHOD: Sixty-eight students from 12 international universities participated in international small peer group collaborative work, and online networking. Perceived improvement of cultural competency using Likert scale and open-ended questions was used as a measure of success. Furthermore, students’ definition of cultural competency in the different countries was obtained. RESULTS: Students improved their cultural competency skills. Data analysis supported statistically significant improvement of the above skills after the program, in comparison to the start of the program. DISCUSSION: Internationalization of medical education can be achieved at home—via structured online peer exchanges—and can provide students with intercultural skills and networking opportunities that are typically achieved via international in-person travel. The above represents a socially just and equitable way to reach all students and can result in improvement of their cultural competency, preparing them for their work in global health, and thereby resulting in improvement of global health. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-021-01332-9.
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spelling pubmed-81841302021-06-08 Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility—Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel Wu, Anette Maddula, Vinay Singh, Jasmine Sagoo, Mandeep Gill Chien, Chung-Liang Wingate, Richard Kielstein, Heike Traxler, Hannes Brassett, Cecilia Waschke, Jens Vielmuth, Fransziska Sakurai, Takeshi Zeroual, Mina Olsen, Jorgen El-Batti, Salma Viranta-Kovanen, Suvi Kitahara, Shuji Keay, Kevin Kunzel, Carol Bernd, Paulette Noël, Geoffroy P. J. C. Med Sci Educ Original Research INTRODUCTION: Student outbound mobility is a major element in internationalization of medical education and global health education. However, this approach is often criticized, as it is inherently inequitable. Internationalization at home is a newer concept that aims to provide students with international skills and experiences without exchange travel. We report detailed outcomes of an international online program during the COVID-19 pandemic, which aimed to include acquisition of cultural awareness and competency—similar to what the students would have obtained if they had travelled abroad. METHOD: Sixty-eight students from 12 international universities participated in international small peer group collaborative work, and online networking. Perceived improvement of cultural competency using Likert scale and open-ended questions was used as a measure of success. Furthermore, students’ definition of cultural competency in the different countries was obtained. RESULTS: Students improved their cultural competency skills. Data analysis supported statistically significant improvement of the above skills after the program, in comparison to the start of the program. DISCUSSION: Internationalization of medical education can be achieved at home—via structured online peer exchanges—and can provide students with intercultural skills and networking opportunities that are typically achieved via international in-person travel. The above represents a socially just and equitable way to reach all students and can result in improvement of their cultural competency, preparing them for their work in global health, and thereby resulting in improvement of global health. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-021-01332-9. Springer US 2021-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8184130/ /pubmed/34123512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01332-9 Text en © International Association of Medical Science Educators 2021
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Wu, Anette
Maddula, Vinay
Singh, Jasmine
Sagoo, Mandeep Gill
Chien, Chung-Liang
Wingate, Richard
Kielstein, Heike
Traxler, Hannes
Brassett, Cecilia
Waschke, Jens
Vielmuth, Fransziska
Sakurai, Takeshi
Zeroual, Mina
Olsen, Jorgen
El-Batti, Salma
Viranta-Kovanen, Suvi
Kitahara, Shuji
Keay, Kevin
Kunzel, Carol
Bernd, Paulette
Noël, Geoffroy P. J. C.
Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility—Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel
title Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility—Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel
title_full Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility—Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel
title_fullStr Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility—Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel
title_full_unstemmed Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility—Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel
title_short Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility—Improving Students’ Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel
title_sort alternatives to student outbound mobility—improving students’ cultural competency skills online to improve global health without travel
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8184130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01332-9
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