Introduction – Global Health in Medical Education
Drain PK, Primack A, Hunt D, et al. "Global Health in Medical Education: A Call for More Training and Opportunities" Academic Medicine, 82(3):226-230, March 2007.
McCoy D, Sanders D, Kvàle G. "Broader Vision Required for the New Child Survival Revolution" Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2007
Suchdev P, Ahrens K, Click E, et al. "A Model for Sustainable Short-Term International Medical Trips" Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(4):317-320, July-August 2007.
Rights of the Child
Baum F. "Health for All! Reviving the Spirit of Alma Ata in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction to the Alma Ata Declaration" Social Medicine. 2(1): 34-41, March 2007.
"Children’s Rights and Children’s Health: An Introduction to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – Grand Rounds"; American Academy of Pediatrics in collaboration with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Landsdown G, Goldhagen J, Waterston T. January 2004.
"UN Convention on the Rights of the Child," Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989; UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yamin AE. "The Right to Health Under International Law and Its Relevance to the United States" Am J of Public Health. 95(7):156-1161, July 2005.
Social Determinants of Health
Green A, Betancourt J, Carrillo JE. "Integrating Social Factors into Cross-cultural Medical Education" Academic Medicine, 77(3):193-197, March 2002.
Kenyon C, Sandel M, Silverstein M, et al. "Revisiting the Social History for Child Health" Pediatrics 2007;120;e734-e738.
Zuckerman B, Lawton E, Morton S. "From Principle to Practice: Moving from Human Rights to Legal Rights to Ensure Child Health," Archives of Diseases of Childhood, 92:100-101, 2006.
Clinical Care in Resource-Poor Regions
Bösenberg A. "Pediatric Anesthesia in Developing Countries" Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 20:204–210. 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Cuttler L, Kenney G. "State Children’s Health Insurance Programs and Pediatrics" Arch Pediatr Adoles Med, 161(7): 630-633, July 2007.
Guidotti TL, Gitterman BA. "Global Pediatric Environmental Health" Pediatr Clin N Am, 54: 335–350, 2007.
Howard SC, Ortiz R, Baez LF, et al. "Protocol-Based Treatment for Children With Cancer in Low Income Countries in Latin America - A Report on the Recent Meetings of the Monza International School of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (MISPHO)—PART II" Pediatr Blood Cancer; 48:486–490, 2007.
van Etten G, Baltussen R, Bijlmakers L, et al. "Advancing the Mexico agenda for health systems research – from clinical efficacy to population health" Tropical Medicine and International Health, 11(8):1145-1146, August 2006.
Impact of Poverty, Immigration and Violence
Eckholm E. "Inside a Jumble of Poverty, Texans Build a Future" New York Times, August 27, 2007.
"Improving Children's Health: Understanding Children's Health Disparities and Promising Approaches to Address Them" Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., July 2006.
Cultural Competency
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Workforce. "Ensuring Culturally Effective Pediatric Care: Implications for Education and Health Policy" Pediatrics 2004; 114; 1677-1685.
Flores G. "Language Barriers to Health Care in the United States" N Engl J Med; 355:3; 229-231; July 20, 2006.
"Health Literacy: A Manual for Clinicians" Weiss B. American Medical Association Foundation and American Medical Association © 2003.
Zavaleta A. "La Competencia Cultural y La Prestación de Servicios de Salud a Poblaciones Latinas" Sociotam, Vol. XVI, N. 2 (2006), 163-181.
Preparing for Advocacy
AAP Committee on Community Health Services. "The Pediatrician’s Role in Community Pediatrics" Pediatrics 1999; 103:6, 1304-1306.
Fisch SI. 2006 "Job Lewis Award Acceptance Address: Is there an OWA (“Other Weird Arrangement”) in Your Future?" Pediatrics, 2007;120;149-154
Gruen RL, Pearson SD, Brennan TA. "Physicians-Citizens-Public Roles and Professional Obligations" JAMA. 2004:291, 94-98.
Oberg CN. "Pediatric Advocacy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" Pediatrics. 2003:112:2, 406-409
Advocacy Focus
"Community-based Residents Projects Toolkit: A Guide to Partnering with Communities to Improve Child Health" American Academy of Pediatrics © 2005.
Fostering a Culture of Compassion
Cantey P, Parker R, Moore JR. Medicine and Compassion: Reaching across the silos to teach the “art” of healing. Academic Exchange. Vol. 11, No. 3, December 2008/January 2009; accessible at
DasGupta S, Charon R. Personal illness narratives: using reflective writing to teach empathy. Acad Med. 79(4):351-356; 2004.
Hirsch EM. The Role of Empathy in Medicine: A Medical Student's Perspective. Virtual Mentor. 9: 423-427; June 2007.
Rinpoche CN. Medicine and Compassion: A Tibetan Lama’s Guidance for Caregivers. Wisdom Publications, 2006. Somerville, MA.
Rousseau P. A piece of my mind. Rounds. JAMA. 297(17):1859-60; 2007 May 2.
Rousseau, Paul. Empathy. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. 25(4):261-2; 2008 Aug-Sep
Paul Rousseau, MD, Phoenix, Arizona; palliativedoctor@aol.com
Wear D, "Insurgent Multiculturalism: Rethinking How and Why We Teach Culture in Medical Education" Academic Medicine, 78(6): 549-554, June 2003.
Professional Development
Rabow M, Remen R, Parmelee D and Inui T. Professional Formation: Extending Medicine's Lineage of Service in the Next Century. Academic Medicine, Vol. 85, No. 2, 310-317. February 2010.
Creuss R, "Teaching Professionalism" Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 499: 177-185, August 2006.
Rabow MW, Remen RN, Parmelee DX, "Professional Formation: Extending Medicine's Lineage of Service Into the Next Century" Academic Medicine, 85(2): 310-317, February 2010.