A comprehensive framework for international medical programs: A 2017 consensus statement from the American College of Academic International Medicine

Manish Garg; Gregory L Peck; Bonnie Arquilla; Andrew C Miller; Sari E Soghoian; Harry L Anderson; Christina Bloem; Michael S Firstenberg; Sagar C Galwankar; Weidun Alan Guo; Ricardo Izurieta; Elizabeth Krebs; Bhakti Hansoti; Sudip Nanda; Chinenye O Nwachuku; Benedict Nwomeh; Lorenzo Paladino; Thomas J Papadimos; Richard P Sharpe; Mamta Swaroop; Jorge E Tolosa; Stanislaw P Stawicki; On behalf of the ACAIM Consensus Group on International Medical Programs

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Year : 2017 | Volume : 3 | Issue : 2 | Page : 217-230

A comprehensive framework for international medical programs: A 2017 consensus statement from the American College of Academic International Medicine

Manish Garg¹, Gregory L Peck², Bonnie Arquilla³, Andrew C Miller⁴, Sari E Soghoian⁵, Harry L Anderson⁶, Christina Bloem³, Michael S Firstenberg⁷, Sagar C Galwankar⁸, Weidun Alan Guo⁹, Ricardo Izurieta¹⁰, Elizabeth Krebs¹¹, Bhakti Hansoti¹², Sudip Nanda¹³, Chinenye O Nwachuku¹³, Benedict Nwomeh¹⁴, Lorenzo Paladino³, Thomas J Papadimos¹⁵, Richard P Sharpe¹⁶, Mamta Swaroop¹⁷, Jorge E Tolosa¹⁸, Stanislaw P Stawicki¹³, On behalf of the ACAIM Consensus Group on International Medical Programs¹⁹
¹ Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
² Rutgers: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, United States of America
³ Suny Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, United States of America
⁴ East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States of America
⁵ NYU Langone Health, New York, United States of America
⁶ St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
⁷ Summa Health System, Akron, United States of America
⁸ University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, United States of America
⁹ Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
¹⁰ University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States of America
¹¹ Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, United States of America
¹² Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
¹³ St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, United States of America
¹⁴ Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, United States of America
¹⁵ University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States of America
¹⁶ Warren Hospital, St. Luke's University Health Network, Phillipsburg, NJ, United States of America
¹⁷ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America
¹⁸ Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
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Correspondence Address:
Stanislaw P Stawicki
St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem 18015, PA
United States of America

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/IJAM.IJAM_88_17

The American College of Academic International Medicine (ACAIM) represents a group of clinicians who seek to promote clinical, educational, and scientific collaboration in the area of Academic International Medicine (AIM) to address health care disparities and improve patient care and outcomes globally. Significant health care delivery and quality gaps persist between high-income countries (HICs) and low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). International Medical Programs (IMPs) are an important mechanism for addressing these inequalities. IMPs are international partnerships that primarily use education and training-based interventions to build sustainable clinical capacity. Within this overall context, a comprehensive framework for IMPs (CFIMPs) is needed to assist HICs and LMICs navigate the development of IMPs. The aim of this consensus statement is to highlight best practices and engage the global community in ACAIM's mission. Through this work, we highlight key aspects of IMPs including: (1) the structure; (2) core principles for successful and ethical development; (3) information technology; (4) medical education and training; (5) research and scientific investigation; and (6) program durability. The ultimate goal of current initiatives is to create a foundation upon which ACAIM and other organizations can begin to formalize a truly global network of clinical education/training and care delivery sites, with long-term sustainability as the primary pillar of international inter-institutional collaborations. The following core competencies are addressed in this article: Patient care, Medical knowledge, Professionalism, Interpersonal and communication skills, Practice-based learning and improvement, and Systems-based practice.

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