title: The impact of socially-accountable health professional education: A systematic review of the literature.
abstract: This literature review describes the impact of health professional schools with a social accountability mandate by identifying characteristics of medical education found to impact positively on medical students, health workforce, and health outcomes of disadvantaged communities. A critical appraisal tool was used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the published articles. Data are presented as a narrative synthesis due to the variety of methodologies in the studies, and characterized using a logic model. Health professional schools aiming to improve health outcomes for their disadvantaged local communities described collaborative partnerships with communities, equitable selection criteria, and community-engaged placements in underserved areas as positively impacting the learning and attitudes of students. Students of socially accountable schools were more likely to stay in rural areas and serve disadvantaged communities, and were often more skilled than students from more traditional schools to meet the needs of underserved communities. However, published literature on the impact of socially accountable health professional education on communities and health outcomes is limited, with only one study investigating health outcomes. The findings of this literature review guide schools on the inputs likely to maximize their socially accountability outputs and increase their impact on students, local health workforce and local communities.
authors: a School of Medicine, Flinders University , Alice Springs , Australia.
authors: Carole
authors: C
authors: Reeve
authors: b College of Medicine , James Cook University , Townsville , Australia.
authors: Torres
authors: T
authors: Woolley
authors: b College of Medicine , James Cook University , Townsville , Australia.|c The Training for Health Equity Network , Brussels , Belgium.
authors: Simone J
authors: SJ
authors: Ross
authors: a School of Medicine, Flinders University , Alice Springs , Australia.
authors: Leila
authors: L
authors: Mohammadi
authors: d School of Medicine , Ateneo de Zamboanga University , Zamboanga , Philippines.
authors: Servando Ben
authors: SB
authors: Halili
authors: d School of Medicine , Ateneo de Zamboanga University , Zamboanga , Philippines.
authors: Fortunato
authors: F
authors: Cristobal
authors: e School of Health Sciences , University of the Philippines Manila , Palo , Leyte , The Philippines.
authors: Jusie Lydia J
authors: JL
authors: Siega-Sur
authors: c The Training for Health Equity Network , Brussels , Belgium.
authors: A-J
authors: AJ
authors: Neusy
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D012941:Social Responsibility; D000070319:Student Run Clinic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*