Internationalization of Medical Education-a Scoping Review of the Current Status in the United States

Anette Wu; Betty Leask; Edward Choi; Lisa Unangst; Hans de Wit

doi:10.1007/s40670-020-01034-8

Internationalization of Medical Education-a Scoping Review of the Current Status in the United States

Med Sci Educ. 2020 Aug 5;30(4):1693-1705. doi: 10.1007/s40670-020-01034-8. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Anette Wu¹, Betty Leask^{2

3}, Edward Choi², Lisa Unangst², Hans de Wit²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeon, New York, NY USA.
² Center for International Higher Education, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Boston, MA USA.
³ School of Education, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Abstract

This article explores the current status of internationalization of medical education in the United States. Dominant themes of articles published from 2000 to 2018 indicate that common formats are institutional partnerships, international learning at home, and student mobility programs. Critical analysis on the basis of internationalization of higher education, recommendations, and future perspective is given.

Keywords: Curriculum; Internationalization; Literature review; Medical education; Medical school.

Publication types

Review