Compared to their urban counterparts, rural and remote inhabitants experience lower life
expectancy and poorer health status. Nowhere is the worldwide shortage of health …

Purpose Medical schools face growing pressures to produce stronger evidence of their
social accountability, but measuring social accountability remains a global challenge. This …

Background Recruiting and retaining a skilled health workforce is a common challenge for
remote and rural communities worldwide, negatively impacting access to services, and in …

Purpose: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and/or asexual and other
sexual and gender diverse persons (LGBTQIA+ or SGD persons) experience barriers to …

This qualitative study explored the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) people in health care and their recommendations for …

Health systems worldwide are confronted with challenges due to increased demand from
their citizens, an aging population, a variety of health risks and limited resources. Key health …

Research has established that trauma is nearly universal and a root cause of numerous
health and social problems, including 6 of the 10 leading causes of death, with devastating …

This literature review describes the impact of health professional schools with a social
accountability mandate by identifying characteristics of medical education found to impact …

Health professions education is that part of the education system which applies educational
philosophy, theory, principles and practice in a complex relationship with busy clinical …

The health advocate role is an essential and underappreciated component of the CanMEDs
competency framework. It is tied to the concept of social accountability and its application to …