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WONCA APR Conference 2019 » Workshop
[WS3-25] Exploring social accountability in healthcare research in international settings
Fri. May 17, 2019 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Room 4 (2F Room B-2)
Organizer: Maham Stanyon(Imperial College London, UK)
Facilitator: Maham Stanyon(Imperial College London, UK), David Jameson(Junior International Committee, UK), Yasumi Shibata(Shizuoka Family Medicine Training Programme, Japan), Naoki Miyahara(Okinawa Prefectural Hospital, Japan), Sophie Redlin(General Practitioner, UK), Fusako Kurata(Tsukuba University, Japan), Mako Nikawa(Keiju Medical Center, Japan)
Independent to healthcare system, there is a palpable shift to a more explicit and co-ordinated collaboration between those who serve the healthcare system and those who are served by it. Central to this concept, termed ‘social accountability’ is the idea that through contributing to sustainable, effective and equitable healthcare, clinicans can more effectively address the health concerns relevent to their population. This concept can have many interpretations depending on the structure, culture and societal beliefs of the local community. This international, interactive workshop looks at the varying definitions of social accountability from the Edingburgh Declaration 1998, the WHO and the Global Concensus on social accountability and how these concepts may be applied to yur practice. In small groups each facilitated by a native English speaker and a native Japanese speaker, we will consider the challenges in healthcare systems to implementing a socially accountable approach and explore how to develop ways of overcoming these barriers.