Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital Have Reported New Data on Medical Research (Revitalizing Graduate Medical Education In Global Settings: Lessons From Post-earthquake Haiti)

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2021 MAY 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report -- Researchers detail new data in Health and Medicine - Medical Research. According to news reporting out of Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Following the massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated much of the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010, the Haitian health system and its medical education programs were fragmented, fragile, and facing a significant, overwhelming demand for clinical care. In response, the authors of this paper and the institutions they represent supported the development of a teaching hospital that could fill the void in academic training capacity while prioritizing the health of Haiti’s rural poor-goals aligned with the Haitian Ministry of Health (MOH) strategy.”

Funders for this research include Haitian Ministry of Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, “This bold initiative aimed to address both the immediate and long-term health care needs within post-disaster Haiti through a strategic investment in graduate medical education (GME). Here, the authors describe their approach, which included building consensus, aspiring to international standards, and investing in shared governance structures under Haitian leadership. The Haitian MOH strategy and priorities guided the development, implementation, and expansion of solutions to the ongoing crisis in human resources for health within the acute context. Local leadership of this initiative ensured a sustained and transformative model of GME that has carried Haiti beyond acute relief and toward a more reliable health system. The enduring success can be measured through sustained governance systems, graduates who have remained in Haiti, standardized curricula, a culture of continuous improvement, and the historic achievement of international accreditation.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “While ongoing challenges persist, Haiti has demonstrated that the strategy of investing in GME in response to acute disasters should be considered in other global settings to support the revitalization of tenuous health systems.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Revitalizing Graduate Medical Education In Global Settings: Lessons From Post-earthquake Haiti. Academic Medicine, 2021;96(3):368-374. Academic Medicine can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Academic Medicine - http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/pages/default.aspx)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Michelle Morse, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Internist, EqualHlth, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Additional authors for this research include Joia Mukherjee, Joseph Rhatigan, Lauren Spahn, Paul Pierre, Franciscka Lucien, Paul E. Farmer, Kerling Israel, Sterman Toussaint, Merly Robert, Joel T. Katz, Jo Buyske, Mary Clisbee, Dimitri J. C. Suffrin, Maxi Raymonville, Jean Claude Cadet and Sosthene Pierre.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000003857. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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