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To characterize global health training across US medical residency programs and assess whether geographic activity aligns with the global burden of disease.

December 1, 2013Journal of Global HealthOpen Access

US medical specialty global health training and the global burden of disease

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VKVanessa KerryBoston University RWRochelle P. WalenskyHarvard University ATAlexander C. TsaiHarvard University

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Cross-sectional study reveals a weak correlation between US residency training locations and country-level disease burden, suggesting training sites poorly reflect global health priorities.

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To characterize global health training across US medical residency programs and assess whether geographic activity aligns with the global burden of disease.
Evaluated 1,856 US medical residency programs across seven clinical specialties from January to June 2011 using a standardized search protocol.
Categorized global health programs by specialty, country, geographic region, and educational format, including electives, research, and longitudinal field training.
Calculated Spearman's rank correlation coefficient to assess the relationship between country-level program volume and local disease burden.
Identified 380 global health residency training programs (20% of evaluated programs) operating across 1,337 sites in 141 countries, predominantly structured as elective-based rotations.
Observed a relative shortage of global health training initiatives in surgical and mental health specialties compared to other medical disciplines.
Demonstrated a statistically significant but weak country-level association between programmatic activity and disease burden (Spearman's ρ = 0.17), explaining only 3% of the total variation between countries.

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Kerry et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9075256bfd95d7bd4de855 https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.03.020406

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Cross-sectional study reveals a weak correlation between US residency training locations and country-level disease burden, suggesting training sites poorly reflect global health priorities.

US medical specialty global health training and the global burden of disease

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US medical specialty global health training and the global burden of disease

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