Ethical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences
Authors: Matthew DeCamp, Lisa Soleymani Lehmann, Pooja Jaeel, Carrie Horwitch
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2018)

Letters16 October 2018Ethical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical ExperiencesMatthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, Lisa Soleymani Lehmann, MD, PhD, Pooja Jaeel, MD, and Carrie Horwitch, MD, MPHMatthew DeCamp, MD, PhDJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (M.D.)Search for more papers by this author, Lisa Soleymani Lehmann, MD, PhDVeterans Health Administration, Washington, DC (L.S.L.)Search for more papers by this author, Pooja Jaeel, MDUniversity of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California (P.J.)Search for more papers by this author, and Carrie Horwitch, MD, MPHVirginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (C.H.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L18-0385 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We applaud Dr. Brinks and associates for their work in Myanmar and appreciate its relationship to ACP's positions. We agree that organizations have an ethical obligation of transparency to share sufficient information with physicians to help them decide about participation in a STEGH. We currently lack rigorous, objective metrics to assess such programs but hope that this changes over time. For example, a tool to evaluate short-term global health programs was developed—with input from the local community—to assess such variables as costs, the effect on health, and sustainability (1). Such evaluative efforts should be supported and expanded to ...References1. Maki J, Qualls M, White B, Kleefield S, Crone R. Health impact assessment and short-term medical missions: a methods study to evaluate quality of care. BMC Health Serv Res. 2008;8:121. [PMID: 18518997] doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-121 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Koplan JP, Bond TC, Merson MH, Reddy KS, Rodriguez MH, Sewankambo NK, et al; Consortium of Universities for Global Health Executive Board. Towards a common definition of global health. Lancet. 2009;373:1993-5. [PMID: 19493564] doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60332-9 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (M.D.)Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC (L.S.L.)University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California (P.J.)Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (C.H.)Note: Dr. DeCamp received an honorarium from ACP during the conduct of the study.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M17-3361. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoEthical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences: An American College of Physicians Position Paper Matthew DeCamp , Lisa Soleymani Lehmann , Pooja Jaeel , Carrie Horwitch , and Ethical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences Riley G. Jones Ethical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences Chester B. Good , N. Randall Kolb , Lindsay Nakaishi , and Mark Meyer Ethical Obligations Regarding Short-Term Global Health Clinical Experiences Mitch Brinks , Justin Denny , and Sara Schwanke Khilji Metrics Cited byApplying global standards to short-term global health clinical experiences: the case of Project Salud y PazA new vision for bioethics training in global health 16 October 2018Volume 169, Issue 8Page: 589-590KeywordsAttentionConflicts of interestDisclosureGlobal healthPopulation statistics ePublished: 16 October 2018 Issue Published: 16 October 2018 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2018 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...