1. Training programme on health workforce analysys and planning
Lecture B3: Demand for health workforce education and training (part 2)
Training programme on health workforce analysys and planning
Rio de Janeiro, 8-13 July
Dr Mario Roberto Dal Poz
Coordinator
Human Resources for health Department

2. What is the quality of medical education in Europe?
I don't want to sound arrogant or ignorant but what is the quality of education in Europe in medicine compared to USA/Canada (which are at the forefront of medical science/research/engineering)?
I have already found possible places to apply in Europe to English speaking schools. (there are such schools in Poland, Sweden, Czech and even Italy).
But is the quality good?
Do they produce knowledgeable innovative doctors who can compete with North American students for residency?
Do they have comparable clinical skills?
Again, I realize that Europe has a good medical system, but I honestly don't know much about it. And I haven't met any foreign residents/doctors to be able to judge for myself or even talk to them?
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3. "fragmented, static and outdated"
One answer ….
"the current medical training model, which annually consumes about 100 billion USD per year worldwide, no longer works'.
"fragmented, static and outdated"
The Lancet 376(9756):

4. Global efforts

5. Countries with a critical shortage of health service providers (doctors, nurses and midwives)

6. World Health Organization
The same countries are making slow progress towards the health-related MDGs
27 November, 2018
Maternal mortality ratio per live births in 2000
Source: WHO (2005). The World Health Report 2005 – Make Every Mother and Child Count. Geneva, World Health Organization

7. Stock of physicians WHR 2006 statistics compared to the latest statistics

8. Density of medical schools by region (2008 estimate)

9. Countries by number of medical schools (2008 estimates)

10. Institutions, graduates and workforce by region (estimates 2008)
Population
(millions)
Estimated number of schools
Estimated graduates per year (thousands)
Workforce
(thousands)
Medical
Public Health
Doctors
Nurses/ midwives
Asia
China
1371
188 72
175 29
1861
1259
India
1230
300 4 30 36
646
1372
Other
1075
241 33 18 55
494
1300
Central 82 51 2 6 15
235
603
High Income Asia Pacific
227
168 26 10 56
409
1543
Europe
122 64 19 8 28
281
670
Eastern
212
100 22 48
840
1798
Western
435
282 52 42
119
1350
3379
Americas
North America
361
173 65 74
793
2997
Latin America/Caribbean
602
513 35
827
1099
Africa
North Africa/Middle East
450
206 46 17
540
925
Sub - Saharan Africa
868
134
125
739
World
7036
2420
467
389
541
8401
17684

11. New medical schools (public and private) in India and Brazil
Number of medical schools
Brazil

12. Quality of health training programmes / institutions
Insufficient infrastructure and equipment
Uneven
Faculty shortages
Uneven regulation and accreditation
Fragmented and static methods
Inadequate secondary and post-graduate education
Unregulated private schools

13. Many countries are prioritizing the scale up of medical education as part of overall health sector strengthening.
Accreditation and quality measurement are important developments for standardizing medical education and physician capabilities
The status of the country’s health system affects medical education and physician retention
Coordination among ministries of education and ministries of health improves medical schools’ ability to increase health workforce capacity.
Educational planning that focuses on national health needs is improving the ability of medical graduates to meet those needs
Impressive curricular innovations are occurring in many schools.
Beyond the creation of new knowledge, research is an important instrument for medical school faculty development, retention, and infrastructure strengthening.

14. Recent global initiatives related to the education of health professions