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MEDICC Review 2007; 9 (1)

Cuba’s piece in the global health workforce puzzle

Giraldo G

Language: English
References: 22
Page: 44-47
PDF size: 378.93 Kb.


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The world’s 1,691 medical schools and 5,492 nursing schools are not producing enough graduates to cover the massive global deficit of doctors, nurses, and midwives, reports the World Health Organization (WHO).[1] One scaling-up initiative addressing these critical shortages is Cuba’s Latin American Medical School (ELAM).


REFERENCES

  1. World Health Organization. The World Health Report 2006: Working Together for Health. Geneva, Switzerland; 2006.

  2. Dr Jorge Gonzalez Perez, Rector, Institute of Medical Sciences of Havana, Graduation Speech. July 24, 2007, Havana, Cuba.

  3. Personal communication with Dr Midalys Castilla, Dean of Academic Affairs on August 17, 2007.

  4. Dirección Nacional de Registros Médicos y Estadística MINSAP, La Habana, Cuba.

  5. For a detailed description of the ELAM, its curriculum and teaching methodology, see http://www.medicc.org/publications/ medicc_review/0805/index.html.

  6. Brito P. WHO/PAHO Presentation: The Decade of Human Resources: 2006 - 2015, Informatics Congress, Havana February 13, 2007.

  7. López C, Márquez M, Rojas Ochoa F. Human development and equity in Latin America and the Caribbean. MEDICC Review. 2005 Nov-Dec;7(9):21-9. Available from: http://www.medicc.org/ publications/medicc_review/0905/cubanmedical- literature-1.html.

  8. Bundred P, Martineau T, Kitchiner D. Factors affecting the global migration of health professionals Harvard Health Policy Review. 2004 Fall;5(2):77. Available from: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/ ~hhpr/.

  9. Joint Learning Initiative. Human Resources for Health: Overcoming the Crisis. Cambridge (Massachusetts): Harvard University Press; 2004. p. 74.

  10. Carrizo J. Presentation to Charles Drew University Faculty, June 7, 2007.

  11. Personal communication, Dr Leonor Valdez, Vice Director of Cuban Medical Team Guatemala, August 4, 2007.

  12. Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas de Guatemala, Censo 2002. Available from: http://www.ine.gob.gt/censosA.html

  13. Inforpress.com [homepage on the Internet]. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Servicios de Información Municipal. [updated 2007 August 1; cited 2007 August 24] Datos demograficos Coban. Available from: http://www.inforpressca.com/ coban/diagnostico_coban.pdf.

  14. Household incomes of $92,000 and up. Source: US Census 2000. Available from: www.census.gov.

  15. Cooke M, Irby DM, Sullivan W, Ludmerer KM. American medical education 100 years after the Flexner Report. NEJM. 2006 Sept 28;355 (13):1339 –44.

  16. Average US medical student debt is US$130,000. Source: Association of American Medical Colleges Graduate Questionnaires, 2006.

  17. Consejo de Educación Superior valida títulos de médicos graduados en Cuba. La Tribuna. 2007. April 20. Available from: http://www.latribuna.hn/news/45/ ARTICLE/7458/2007-04-20.html

  18. Médicos de la ELAM solo haran un año de servicio social, La Tribuna. 2007 May 11. Available from: http:// www.latribuna.hn/news/45/ ARTICLE/9254/2007-05-11.html.

  19. Pasantes de medicina de la universidad de honduras siguen de brazos caidos, La Prensa. 2007. May 5. Available from: http://www.laprensahn.com/ ediciones/2007/05/20/ pasantes_ de_medicina_de_la_universidad_de _honduras_siguen_de_brazos_caidos.

  20. Médicos internos y residentes aceptan volver a sus labores. La Tribuna. 2007 May 11. Available from: http:// www.latribuna.hn/news/45/ ARTICLE/9254/2007-05-11.html.

  21. Un día tiene MP para opinar sobre recurso del CMH. La Tribuna. 2007. August

  22. Available from: http:// www.latribuna.hn/news/45/ ARTICLE/16081/2007-08-22.htm.




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