Initiatives

News and Events

• Social Accountability e-zine   Follow what is happening in the world of social accountability with regular updates and featuring groups who are applying the principle of social accountability in the work they do every day. Check out the latest edition for October 14, 2012.  

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• Apply for the Making the Link - Certificate in Global Health program.  Applications are now being accepted from first year medical students for the 2013 program start-up.  Application deadline is October 31, 2012.  

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• Apply for the Global Health Research and Travel Awards.  Faculty, graduate students, residents and medical students at the College of Medicine who wish to become engaged in global health service-learning, teaching and research opportunities abroad can apply for funding support.  

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• Global Health Conference at the U of S was a huge success! Read more for photos and highlights.
  

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• Other news

Features

• Social Accountability Strategic Plan 2011-14 The plan outlines four main goals to prioritize social accountability throughout the College of Medicine, and enhance connections with our partners in the health professions to meeting community health needs.

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• The CARE Model of Social Accountability: Promoting Cultural Change An article published in Academic Medicine looks at how our College of Medicine oversees the integration of social accountability principles and developed the CARE model to guide and evaluate initiatives.  

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• Teaching social accountability by making the links: Qualitative evaluation of student experiences in a service-learning project An evaluation of the student experiences in the Making the Links program is published in Medical Teacher.

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