Why should social accountability be a benchmark for excellence in medical education?

Abstract

A mong the several criteria to recognize excellence in medical education, social accountability is probably one of the most important ones. Social accountability is the capacity to respond to society's priority health needs and health system challenges to meet such needs. It emphasizes the potential of medical schools to partner with key stakeholders in the health sector and organize medical education in a way that it has the greatest chances to yield most relevant outcomes and highest impact on people's health.

Keywords

• Society's needs
• Social accountability
• Excellence
• Medical education
• Accreditation
• Awards