Building a Global Health Workforce in North America

Andrew P Steenhoff; Stephen Ludwig

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2019.02.013

Building a Global Health Workforce in North America

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2019 Jun;66(3):687-696. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2019.02.013.

Authors

Andrew P Steenhoff¹, Stephen Ludwig²

Affiliations

¹ The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Suite 1202 ARC, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA. Electronic address: steenhoff@email.chop.edu.
² GME Office, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

PMID: 31036243
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2019.02.013

Abstract

Globally, significant progress in health equity for children has been made, but much work remains. This article discusses why and how the pediatric community in North America is building a global health (GH) workforce, for domestic "local global" and "international global child health" settings. With a focus on children and families, training this workforce entails attaining GH competencies in medical students, residents, fellows, allied medical professionals, and upskilling current practitioners. The authors highlight currently available training approaches and resources for each group. Global child health is now within the purview of every pediatrician in North America.

Keywords: Competencies; Global child health; Local global; Medical education; Pediatric.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Child Health*
Clinical Competence
Global Health*
Health Workforce*
Humans
North America
Pediatricians