title: Global and public health core competencies for nursing education: A systematic review of essential competencies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nurses are learning and practicing in an increasingly global world. Both nursing schools and nursing students are seeking guidance as they integrate global health into their learning and teaching. This systematic review is intended to identify the most common global and public health core competencies found in the literature and better inform schools of nursing wishing to include global health content in their curricula.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online search of CINAHL and Medline databases, as well as, inclusion of pertinent gray literature was conducted for articles published before 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  Relevant literature for global health (GH) and public and community health (PH/CH) competencies was reviewed to determine recommendations of both competencies using a combination of search terms. Studies must have addressed competencies as defined in the literature and must have been pertinent to GH or PH/CH. The databases were systematically searched and after reading the full content of the included studies, key concepts were extracted and synthesized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Twenty-five studies were identified and resulted in a list of 14 global health core competencies. These competencies are applicable to a variety of health disciplines, but particularly can inform the efforts of nursing schools to integrate global health concepts into their curricula.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing, 3506 University St. Office 207, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada. Electronic address: megan.clark@mail.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing, 3506 University St. Office 207, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada. Electronic address: marie.raffray@mail.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raffray
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Global Health Programs, McIntyre Medical Bldg., Room 633, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada. Electronic address: kristin.hendricks@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hendricks
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing, 3506 University St. Office 207, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 2155 Guy St., Montreal, QC H3H 2R9, Canada. Electronic address: anita.gagnon@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Anita J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gagnon
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014943:Global Health / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*
keywords: Community health; Competencies; Global health; Medicine; Nursing; Public health