Caroline Charlier1,2,3, Ingólfur Johannessen4,5, Claire L Mackintosh6, David Wilks4,6, Roberto Cauda7, Federica I Wolf8, Claire Le Jeunne1,9. 1. a Paris-Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France. 2. b Centre d'Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur , Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, Institut Imagine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris , Paris , France. 3. c Institute Pasteur, French National Reference Centre and WHO Collaborating Centre for Listeria , Biology of Infection Unit, Inserm U1117 , Paris , France. 4. d Centre for Infection Medicine , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK. 5. e Laboratory Medicine NHS Lothian , Edinburgh , UK. 6. f Infectious Diseases Department , Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian , Edinburgh , UK. 7. g Institute of Infectious Diseases , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Facoltà di Medicina , Rome , Italy. 8. h Institute of General Pathology , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Facoltà di Medicina , Rome , Italy. 9. i Internal Medicine Department , Cochin Port Royal University Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris , Paris , France.
Abstract
CONTEXT: The emerging global-health paradigm requires medical teaching to be continuously redefined and updated; to this end, transnational approaches should be encouraged and medical training harmonized. Infectious diseases (ID) teaching in the current context of emerging infections, fast-increasing bacterial resistance and large-scale human migration, was chosen to develop a common international course. OBJECTIVE: We report the successful implementation of a joint European undergraduate course aiming to (i) develop a common ID core curriculum among European medical schools; (ii) promote mobility among teachers and students (iii) promote international cooperation among European teachers. METHODS: The course was built around teachers' mobility. It was delivered in English by a team of European medical educators from Paris Descartes University, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome and the University of Edinburgh to groups of 25-30 undergraduate medical students at each university. Partner Institutions officially recognized the course as substitutive of or additive to the regular curriculum. RESULTS: The course has been running for 3 years and received excellent satisfaction scores by students and staff as regards to scientific content, pedagogy and international exchanges. CONCLUSION: This cooperative approach demonstrates the feasibility of a harmonized European undergraduate medical education, having ID as a test experiment for future developments.
CONTEXT: The emerging global-health paradigm requires medical teaching to be continuously redefined and updated; to this end, transnational approaches should be encouraged and medical training harmonized. Infectious diseases (ID) teaching in the current context of emerging infections, fast-increasing bacterial resistance and large-scale human migration, was chosen to develop a common international course. OBJECTIVE: We report the successful implementation of a joint European undergraduate course aiming to (i) develop a common ID core curriculum among European medical schools; (ii) promote mobility among teachers and students (iii) promote international cooperation among European teachers. METHODS: The course was built around teachers' mobility. It was delivered in English by a team of European medical educators from Paris Descartes University, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome and the University of Edinburgh to groups of 25-30 undergraduate medical students at each university. Partner Institutions officially recognized the course as substitutive of or additive to the regular curriculum. RESULTS: The course has been running for 3 years and received excellent satisfaction scores by students and staff as regards to scientific content, pedagogy and international exchanges. CONCLUSION: This cooperative approach demonstrates the feasibility of a harmonized European undergraduate medical education, having ID as a test experiment for future developments.
Authors: Edward Chávez-Cruzado; Jose Galvez-Olortegui; Anderson Vilchez-Chávez; Alex Castañeda-Sabogal Journal: Open Forum Infect Dis Date: 2022-05-16 Impact factor: 4.423