title: Family Medicine Global Health Fellowship Competencies: A Modified Delphi Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Many US medical schools and family medicine departments have responded to a growing interest in global health by developing global health fellowships. However, there are no guidelines or consensus statements outlining competencies for global health fellows. Our objective was to develop a mission and core competencies for Family Medicine Global Health Fellowships.
  
  
  METHODS
  A modified Delphi technique was used to develop consensus on fellowship competencies. A panel, comprised of 13 members with dual expertise in global health and medical education, undertook an iterative consensus process, followed by peer review, from April to December 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The panel developed a mission statement and identified six domains for family medicine global health fellowships: patient care, medical knowledge, professionalism, communication and leadership, teaching, and scholarship. Each domain includes a set of core and program-specific competencies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The family medicine global health competencies are intended to serve as an educational framework for the design, implementation, and evaluation of individual family medicine global health fellowship programs.
authors.affiliation: Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Department of Family Medicine.
authors.forename: Fadya El
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Rayess
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Filip
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doubeni
authors.forename: Calvin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haq
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Debay
authors.forename: Gowri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anandarajah
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heffron
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jayasekera
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dahlman
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Valdman
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans