Internationalization of medical education must be a part of medical education, in order to ensure that worldwide healthcare issues can be solved collaboratively. To date, medical educators have not agreed upon what skills students should obtain via internationalization of medical education. Medical leadership skills are of increasing importance in both academia and clinical practice. In medical education, very little has been reported about international leadership competencies. While leadership skills are outlined for national settings, international leadership skills in medicine require a more expansive set of competencies. Adapted from recommendations for the framework of health-professional competencies, they can be divided into international specialized knowledge and integrated leadership competencies presented in this article.
Keywords: Competencies; Global competencies; Global health; Integrated competencies; International leadership skills; Internationalization of medical education; Medical education.
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