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What is the primary purpose of assessing social accountability in medical schools?
What is the primary purpose of assessing social accountability in medical schools?
- To acquire knowledge about social accountability
- To identify areas of improvement and create an action plan (correct)
- To only involve faculty members in the assessment process
- To compare with other medical schools
Who should be involved in creating an action plan for social accountability?
Who should be involved in creating an action plan for social accountability?
- External consultants and experts
- Students, faculty members, and community representatives (correct)
- Only faculty members and administrators
- Only students from the senior year
How can the results of the assessment and action plan be shared with a wider audience?
How can the results of the assessment and action plan be shared with a wider audience?
- Only through formal reports and academic papers
- Via email newsletters and announcements
- Through a combination of presentations, training sessions, and social media messages (correct)
- Exclusively through one-on-one meetings with faculty members
What is the significance of assessing social accountability with a diverse group of students?
What is the significance of assessing social accountability with a diverse group of students?
What is the ultimate goal of assessing and improving social accountability in medical schools?
What is the ultimate goal of assessing and improving social accountability in medical schools?
What is the primary expectation of society from medicine?
What is the primary expectation of society from medicine?
What is the seventh characteristic of professional conduct?
What is the seventh characteristic of professional conduct?
What is the second key component of accountability?
What is the second key component of accountability?
What is the fifth characteristic of professional conduct?
What is the fifth characteristic of professional conduct?
What is one of medicine's expectations from society?
What is one of medicine's expectations from society?
What is the third characteristic of professional conduct?
What is the third characteristic of professional conduct?
What is the primary focus of a doctor's social accountability?
What is the primary focus of a doctor's social accountability?
What is the main difference between social responsibility and social accountability?
What is the main difference between social responsibility and social accountability?
Who should identify the priority health concerns of a community?
Who should identify the priority health concerns of a community?
What is the purpose of a doctor explaining actions that could have caused harm?
What is the purpose of a doctor explaining actions that could have caused harm?
What is the scope of a doctor's accountability?
What is the scope of a doctor's accountability?
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Study Notes
Accessing Social Accountability in Medical Schools
- Social accountability is essential as a behavior and practice, but not as mere knowledge.
Assessing Social Accountability
- Assess social accountability with a large and diverse group of students, considering factors such as: • Study years • Backgrounds • Organizations
- This assessment helps identify areas where the medical school has a strong foundation in social accountability and areas for improvement.
Creating an Action Plan
- Analyze the assessment outcomes to develop an action plan with relevant stakeholders, including: • Students • Faculty • Community members
Sharing Results and Action Plan
- Share the results of the assessment and action plan through various means, such as: • Presentations tailored to specific circumstances • Training sessions with: • A detailed agenda • Trainer instructions • Engaging social media messages with a colorful approach • Sample letters to send to: • Faculty • Student organizations
Medical Professionalism
- Medical professionalism forms the basis of the contract between doctors and society, with both parties having legitimate expectations of each other.
Society's Expectations of Medicine
- Promotion of the public good
- Fulfilling the role of the healer
- Timely access to care
- Respect for patient autonomy
- Altruistic service
- Morality, integrity, and honesty
- Accountability and transparency
- Team health care cooperation
Medicine's Expectations of Society
- Reasonable lifestyle
- Adequately funded and staffed healthcare system
- Role in public policy
- Respect
- Financial and non-financial rewards
Characteristics of Professional Conduct
- Honesty (الأمانة)
- Altruism (الاثار)
- Service (الخدمة)
- Commitment (الالتزام)
- Communication (التواصل)
- Commitment to excellence (الالتزام بالبراعة)
- Accountability (المسائلة)
- Life-long learning (ال تعلم المستمر)
Key Components of Accountability
- Responsibility: being accountable to patients, families, society, and the community
- Self-regulation: reflecting legal and ethical conduct in daily actions
- Standard setting: maintaining professional standards in daily practices
- Ability to resolve conflict: resolving financial, pharmaceutical, or other conflicts
- Free acceptance of the duty to serve the public: improving healthcare standards in the community, country, and worldwide
- Explaining and giving reasons for actions that could have caused harm
Social Accountability
- The obligation of a medical school to direct education, research, and service activities towards addressing the priority health concerns of the community, region, or nation
- Identifying priority health concerns jointly with governments, organizations, health professionals, and the public (WHO, 1995)
Social Responsibility vs. Social Accountability
- Social responsibility: fulfilling obligations to society as a physician
- Social accountability: accounting to society for one's actions as a physician
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