International medical electives for learners across the education continuum have exploded in popularity. Ethical and moral challenges abound, yet the benefits of experiential, transformative learning for trainees can be monumental. The challenges and rewards of global health electives as well as practical suggestions for implementation will be discussed.

In this talk, Dr. Richardson will
• Define climate/environmental changes and how they impact human health.
• Demonstrate how climate change disproportionately impacts the health of marginalized populations.
• Describe how medical education can be leveraged to address the health effects of climate change.

The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) is the ‘gatekeeper’ for entry to the medical profession in the U.S., certifying graduation in good standing from medical schools elsewhere in the world. In 2010, ECFMG announced that from 2023 (later changed to 2024), overseas doctors will only be eligible for certification if they have graduated from a medical school that is accredited by a ‘recognised’ agency.

This policy empowered the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME) to create a recognition programme for regulatory agencies in 2012. This presentation summarises the findings of a series of research studies that have examined the context around this programme and what it tells us about the state of global medical education. Specifically, it will examine the evidence base around accreditation in medical education and consider possible alternative models for regulating medical schools around the world.

In this session, three leaders in medical education scholarship will summarize the barriers to global equity in health professions education publishing, propose an educational culture and practices that could promote inclusion among scholars, and report on successful strategies health professions education journals are using to increase the opportunities for scholars worldwide to contribute to the literature.

In this talk Dr. Naidu explores perspectives on women of colour as patients, clinicians, students, participants researchers and leaders in Global Health. Through her lens as a woman of colour in Global Health and a clinician in the Global South she explores her own lived experience as a researcher, clinician, and academic. She reflects on what she learns and continues to learn about the lived experiences of women of colour as participants, patients, and students in Global Health. She scaffolded her understanding of these refractions of lived experience through a Black Feminist Decolonial Theory.