ERIC Number: EJ1118780
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1927-6044
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Introducing a Collaborative E2 (Evaluation & Enhancement) Social Accountability Framework for Medical Schools
Kirby, Jeffrey; O'Hearn, Shawna; Latham, Lesley; Harris, Bessie; Davis-Murdoch, Sharon; Paul, Kara
International Journal of Higher Education, v5 n4 p216-221 2016
Medical schools recognize that they have an important social mandate beyond their primary role to educate future physicians. The instantiation of social accountability (SA) within faculties of medicine requires intentional, effective partnering with diverse internal and external stakeholders. Despite early, promising academic work in the field of SA in medical education, there remains a lack of conceptual clarity about what SA could and should entail, and a lack of practical direction regarding how it could be implemented. The paper describes the development of an innovative SA framework that incorporates both pragmatic-evaluation and collaborative-enhancement components. The framework consists of five distinct phases, uses a deliberative engagement methodology, and is meaningfully informed by a set of four SA Lenses: Diversity, Inclusion and Cultural Responsiveness; Equity; Community/Stakeholder Engagement and Partnering; and Justice-Fairness and Sustainability. In addition to using the framework to evaluate and enhance the social accountability statuses of a variety of the medical school's operational components, Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine leaders are committed to applying the framework's SA Lenses to important decision-making processes, such as the revision of the medical school's strategic directions and the allocation of limited resources to address important, emerging medical education issues and challenges.
Descriptors: Accountability, Guidelines, Ethics, Justice, Medical Schools, Partnerships in Education, Innovation, Inclusion, Cultural Awareness, Strategic Planning, Resource Allocation, Medical School Faculty, Participative Decision Making, Sustainability, Patients, Cultural Pluralism, Graduate Medical Education, Program Descriptions, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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