Abayomi Abdul-Afeez Afolabi, Adetomiwa Oluwanifemi Afolabi, Morẹ Nikẹ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan
Validation of an online version of the rapid estimate of adult literacy in dentistry-30 for use by medical and dental students in Nigeria
BMC oral health
100 years ago series studies education health professionals led 1910 flexner report sparked groundbreaking reforms integration modern science curricula universitybased schools reforms equipped health professionals knowledge contributed doubling life span 20th century beginning 21st century however well glaring gaps inequities health persist within countries underscoring collective failure share dramatic health advances equitably time fresh health challenges loom new infectious environmental behavioural risks time rapid demographic epidemiological transitions threaten health security health systems worldwide struggling keep become complex costly placing additional demands health workers professional education kept pace challenges largely fragmented outdated static curricula produce illequipped graduates problems systemic mismatch competencies patient population needs poor teamwork persistent gender stratification professional status narrow technical focus without broader contextual understanding episodic encounters rather continuous care predominant hospital orientation expense primary care quantitative qualitative imbalances professional labour market weak leadership improve healthsystem performance laudable efforts address deficiencies mostly floundered partly socalled tribalism professionsie tendency various professions act isolation even competition redesign professional health education necessary timely view opportunities mutual learning joint solutions offered global interdependence due acceleration flows knowledge technologies financing across borders migration professionals patients clearly needed thorough authoritative reexamination health professional education matching ambitious work century ago commission consisting 20 professional academic leaders diverse countries came together develop shared vision common strategy postsecondary education medicine nursing public health reaches beyond confines national borders silos individual professions commission adopted global outlook multiprofessional perspective systems approach comprehensive framework considers connections education health systems centred people coproducers drivers needs demands systems interaction labour market provision educational services generates supply educated workforce meet demand professionals work health system positive effect health outcomes professional education subsystem must design new instructional institutional strategies excerpt