Global health education in the Dutch Caribbean: 50 years of a unique Groningen-Curaçao clinical clerkship program

The globalization of healthcare has had a significant impact on healthcare delivery and human workforce development in many countries. Consequently, many educational institutions have had to revise the content of their medical curricula to focus on training and preparing future doctors to effectively cater to the needs of the “modern patient”. The focus covers broader aspects of medicine that include environmental and professional culture and the impact of socioeconomic inequalities on the delivery of healthcare. Therefore, in most global health (GH) education programs described, students unde... Mehr ...