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Medical Student Training in Global Health Ethics

Many medical students are excited to serve overseas. But more and more commentators have raised concerns about the ethical and other pitfalls of what they call "service tourism."

What should students learn before and after global health outreach? Our paper in Academic Medicine proposes a curriculum in global health ethics so students can avoid those ethical pitfalls.

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Tim Lahey and tagged health education global health ethics medical school.

Tim Lahey, MD MMScAn HIV doc and clinical ethicist, I write about medicine, ethics, and HIV here and in The Atlantic, Scientific American, TheBody.com, Health Affairs blog, The Conversation and The New York Times. — **Tim Lahey, MD MMSc**

An HIV doc and clinical ethicist, I write about medicine, ethics, and HIV here and in *The Atlantic*, *Scientific American*, *TheBody.com*, *Health Affairs* blog, *The Conversation* and *The New York Times*.