Estudio descriptivo sobre la enseñanza en salud global desde las Universidades públicas españolas. ¿Por qué surge una necesidad formativa en salud global?

Resumo

The proposed study arises from the lack found in Global Health training in Spanish universities. Global Health needs to become part of the Spanish medical training offer. In order to understand the importance of Global Health training, a literature review was conducted, that helps to understand the current context of Global Health. And is completed with the online search for the presence of Global Health related themes performed in the 33 public medicine schools and post-doctoral degree programmes. Moreover, other related matters such as tropical medicine, international health and health anthropology among others, were also studied. The results conclude that it is necessary to strengthen our medical schools training in Global Health. It is essential that students are given the opportunity to understand what is involved in multidisciplinary Global Health, and to obtein a more profound education in this area, if desired. If this happens, being able to acquire the skills to work from a more global perspective, understanding that we cannot separate disease from social systems, inequity, gender, economics, intergovernmental relationships of power among other issues.