From doctors, to nurses, to medical researchers, medical education spans multiple occupations and thus there are a wide variety of curricula to provide the necessary skills for these vital roles. The skills taught to students in these fields should be to the standard required of healthcare professionals needed in society, informed by relevant societal issues. The skills taught in any university curriculum should not only provide the basis of medical knowledge and experience, but also prepare future graduates for the challenges and complex problems that they will be faced with in their careers. Institutions should be ensuring that their graduates are employable and set with the confidence that they can perform highly in their role as well as think critically and bring new perspectives to the table.
Students of public health and medical education should be receiving the optimum form of teaching based on the current needs of our society today. The Topic Editors would like this collection to highlight students' perspectives on their preparedness for their role in the public health and medical sector facing the current global issues that we are faced with. The aim of this Research Topic is to provide a collection of papers that highlights issues surrounding student employment, transferable skills of students, evidence-based improvements that can be made to the curriculum, and producing well-rounded graduates in the field.
Areas covered in this Research Topic should include, but are not limited to:
• Integration of global health into medical curricula;
• Expanding and training the Public Health workforce;
• Medical and health sciences graduate employment rates;
• Students perspectives on their confidence in competencies after graduating;
• The relationship of curricula changes to changing healthcare needs of society; and
• Ensuring future graduates hold the skills needed in healthcare and medical research today.
From doctors, to nurses, to medical researchers, medical education spans multiple occupations and thus there are a wide variety of curricula to provide the necessary skills for these vital roles. The skills taught to students in these fields should be to the standard required of healthcare professionals needed in society, informed by relevant societal issues. The skills taught in any university curriculum should not only provide the basis of medical knowledge and experience, but also prepare future graduates for the challenges and complex problems that they will be faced with in their careers. Institutions should be ensuring that their graduates are employable and set with the confidence that they can perform highly in their role as well as think critically and bring new perspectives to the table.
Students of public health and medical education should be receiving the optimum form of teaching based on the current needs of our society today. The Topic Editors would like this collection to highlight students' perspectives on their preparedness for their role in the public health and medical sector facing the current global issues that we are faced with. The aim of this Research Topic is to provide a collection of papers that highlights issues surrounding student employment, transferable skills of students, evidence-based improvements that can be made to the curriculum, and producing well-rounded graduates in the field.
Areas covered in this Research Topic should include, but are not limited to:
• Integration of global health into medical curricula;
• Expanding and training the Public Health workforce;
• Medical and health sciences graduate employment rates;
• Students perspectives on their confidence in competencies after graduating;
• The relationship of curricula changes to changing healthcare needs of society; and
• Ensuring future graduates hold the skills needed in healthcare and medical research today.