Medical schools around the world that are interested in training physicians as part of a social
accountability mandate are now part of the Training for Health Equity Network (THEnet) …

Methods: A literature review of 290 articles was conducted focusing on standards, tools and
multi-institutional evaluation efforts of socially accountable medical education programs …

Abstract Background: The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) opened in 2005
with a social accountability mandate to contribute to improving the health of the people and …

Background: The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has a social accountability
mandate to contribute to improving the health of the people and communities of Northern …

Background: Medical schools have been increasingly called upon to augment and prioritize
their social accountability (SA). Approaches to increasing SA may include reorienting and …

Background This paper presents a conceptual framework developed from empirical
evidence, to guide medical schools aspiring towards greater social accountability. Methods …

There is growing recognition that a social accountability framework, as de9ned by the World
Health Organization (WHO) for medical schools, can also apply to other health institutions …

Social accountability plays a fundamental role in health professions education by aligning
education, research, and service activities towards priority community health needs. While …

This literature review describes the impact of health professional schools with a social
accountability mandate by identifying characteristics of medical education found to impact …

Medical Education 2010: 44: 263–271 Context Distributed medical education sites help
train, recruit and retain doctors, notably in rural and isolated areas, by providing education …