Medical education for the Sustainable Development Goals

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J Korean Med Assoc. 2017;60(8):654-661

Publication date (electronic) : 2017 August 21

doi : https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2017.60.8.654

Ducksun Ahn, MD, FRCSC

Department of Medical Humanities, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Ducksun Ahn. dsahn@korea.ac.kr

Received 2017 July 06; Accepted 2017 July 20.

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development’ has 17 “Global Goals” with 169 targets. This is the resolution by member countries as an intergovernmental agreement that acts as the Post 2015 Development Agenda (successor to the Millennium Development Goals). In conjunction with the United Nations SDG, World Health Organization published “The global strategy on human resources for health: workforce 2030”. It is primarily aimed at planners and policy-makers of WHO Member States and, its contents are of value to all relevant stake holders including medical education providers in the health workforce area. This article tried to explore the future direction of medical education to achieve the SDG in relation to Korean context.

Keywords: United Nations; Health manpower; Social control; Public sector; Social skills

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