Willott, C; Blum, N; Burch, W; Page, B; Rowson, M; (2012) The Global Doctor. Institute of Global Health and Development Education Research Centre, Institute of Education, University College London: London, UK.

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Abstract

Medicine is a global profession that is framed by forces that transcend national boundaries such as globalization, the increasingly rapid movement of both people and diseases, climate change and conflict. It follows that medical education needs to constantly strive to keep pace with these changes and to recognise the contributions that medicine can make to a range of global opportunities and challenges. Higher education also needs to prepare doctors of the future with the skills and knowhow they will need to manage rapid change, uncertainty and complexity. This report explores the reasons why global health is critical to medicine and what this means for medical education. It argues that an understanding of global health is important for all students and practicing doctors, rather than being an ‘add-on’ or ‘option’ for specialization. The report draws on the work of the UCL Institute for Global Health and the Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Students as Global Citizens project to inform this discussion and to consider some of the challenges and barriers to integrating global health into UK medical education. These include limited space within undergraduate curricula, approaches to teaching and learning, and perceptions of the relevance of global health to training and professional development.

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