title: Medical student electives and learning outcomes for global health: a commentary on behalf of the UK Medical Schools Elective Council.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Electives have the potential to have a very positive impact on the professional development of medical students. Education about issues in global health is widely regarded as a neglected area in the undergraduate curricula of many medical schools. Linking learning outcomes for global health to the elective offers a possible solution that avoids adding additional teaching to crowded courses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This commentary advocates caution as many potential learning outcomes are better addressed elsewhere and setting detailed outcomes erodes the essence of the elective - student choice.
authors.affiliation: University of Leicester , UK.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dowell
authors.forename: Michael Kalmus
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Eliasz
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004777:Environment; D014943:Global Health / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D013337:Students, Medical