As part of our commitment to communities, research on social accountability is a cornerstone of MERLIN. Understanding the needs and impacts of medical education on the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve is an important part of our mission, and scholarly inquiry in social accountability helps inform programs, supports improved education, and contributes to the larger body of scholarly work in this area.
There is fantastic work being done in Social Accountability by the MERLIN team. Check out some recent examples of social accountability scholarship and education!
Ross, B., & Cameron, E. (2021). Social accountable medical education: Our story might not be yours. Higher Education Studies, 10.5539/hes.v11n1p114
Wood, B, Fitzgerald, M., Kendall, C., & Cameron, E. (2021). Socially accountable medical education and the learning health system An integrative framework to transform community health and health systems. Learning Health Systems.
Climate Change in Medical School Curricula: A Status Report from Lakehead University written by Lindsay P. Galway, Rike Burkhardt, Paul Berger, and Erin Cameron.
Innovative app created by NOSM medical students aims to reduce opioid-related deaths.
The MERLIN team is leading several projects on Social Accountability, including the following projects:
Feeling inspired? Contact us today to learn more about our projects, get involved, or share your project. We see this as a space for connecting people, places, and projects!
The Social Accountability research group brings together people who are passionate about Social Accountability and understanding better its impacts on education and health. Our goal is to conduct research, to share findings, and to advocate for socially accountable education systems designed to improve population health.
We are situated within MERLIN and the Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity at NOSM University.
Check back here often to stay up to date with our research projects!