Social accountability

Symposium on Social Accountability in Healthcare

THE NETWORK: TUFH invites you to join us for this Expert Symposium on Social Accountability in Healthcare. Listen, learn, and participate in a thought leadership conversation about the latest Social Accountability Accreditation and Standards.  Learn about the current thinking regarding academic training, professional development, and interprofessional education exchanges to encourage Health Care Professionals to go where they are needed.   REGISTER: LIMITED SPACES

SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION Social accountability is the capacity to respond to society's priority health needs and health system challenges to meet such needs. It emphasizes the potential of medical schools to partner with key stakeholders in the health sector and organize medical education in a way that it has the greatest chances to yield most relevant outcomes and highest impact on people's health. Interprofessional education (also known as inter-professional education or “IPE”) refers to occasions when students from two or more professions in health and social care learn together during all or part of their professional training with the object of cultivating collaborative practice for providing client- or patient-centered health care.  PANELISTS Dr. David Bor (Invited) is the Chief Academic Officer of Cambridge Health Alliance affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Robert Woollard is an Associate Director at the University of British Columbia – Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc). Charles Boelen is a medical doctor (Belgium, 1966 ), specialized in public health  Nighat Huda (Invited): Professor of Health Professions Education at the Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College. PANEL QUESTIONS 1. How can Accreditation Criteria and Standards be used to advance Social Accountability Practices and be utilized as a lever for change? 2. How do we encourage Health Care Professionals and Graduates to go where needed (e.g. rural and underserved regions)? For example through Academic Training, Continuing Professional Development, and/or Interprofessional Education exchanges.   3. How do we ensure Health Care professionals are advocates promoting Social Accountability?