Beyond electives: Rethinking training in global neurology

Abstract

Global health electives in neurology residencies provide opportunities for high-income country trainees, but have limited benefits–and may create burdens–for lower-income country hosts. Current suspension of global health electives for U.S. neurology residents due to the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to reflect on ways to reimagine global health education during this period and beyond. The framework proposed in this...