Global health educational trips: ethical, equitable, environmental?

• Main Authors: Velin, Lotta, van Daalen, Kim, Guinto, Renzo R *, van Wees, Sibylle Herzig, Saha, Senjuti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2207/1/Global%20health%20educational%20trips.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2207/; https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/4/e008497

Global health education in medical schools and at premedical undergraduate levels in high-income countries is often limited to short courses aimed at introducing students to the topic. These courses frequently include or focus on trips to low and middle-income countries, so the students can ‘experie...