Table 2 Final Papers Included in Systematic Review
Title | Year | Program profession (specialty) | Interviewees | Total Interviewees (n) | Trainees Interviewed about trip experiences (n) | Methods | Method Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethical dilemmas during international clinical rotations in global health settings: Findings from a training and debriefing program [37] | 2018 | Medicine | Yale medical students participating in international clinical electives | 82 | 43 | Mixed-methods | Surveys, combined with free-response, grounded-theory |
What are the Ethical Issues Facing Global-Health Trainees Working Overseas? A Multi-Professional Qualitative Study [31] | 2016 | Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy | Faculty members at UCSF Schools of Medicine, Nursing, or Pharmacy with experience in global health | 18 | 0 | Qualitative | Focus groups with opening questions and unstructured discussion; grounded theory analysis |
Medical Electives in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Host Perspective [30] | 2015 | Medicine | Elective hosts (clinical and administrative staff) in three African countries | 14 | 0 | Qualitative | Semi-structured interviews; framework analysis |
A Pilot Curriculum in International Surgery for Medical Students [39] | 2015 | Medicine (Surgery) | Medical students participating in a surgical elective in Northern India | 6 | 6 | Qualitative | Reflective essays; grounded theory analysis |
Assessment of Ethics and Values During an Interprofessional, International Service Learning Experience [34] | 2015 | Medicine, nursing, public health, pharmacy, dentistry | Faculty and students enrolled in medical, nursing, public health, pharmacy, and dental school who had participated in service trip to Bolivia | 22 | 3–4a | Mixed-Methods | Post-trip survey & journaling prompts. Thematic content analysis to analyze free response text |
Global Health Opportunities in Obstetrics and Gynecology Training: Examining Engagement Through an Ethical Lens [35] | 2015 | Medicine (OB/GYN) | Faculty and staff of OB/GYN residency programs that offer global health experiences | 19 | 0 | Qualitative | Semi-structured interviews; unspecified qualitative analysis |
Toward Reciprocity: Host Supervisor Perspectives on International Medical Electives [36] | 2014 | Medicine | Supervisors from 22 countries who had hosted international elective students from Canadian medical schools | 39 | 0 | Qualitative | Questionnaires; conventional content analysis |
The Ethics and Safety of Medical Student Global Health Electives [38] | 2014 | Medicine | Canadian medical trainees who had gone on short-term, global health trips | 23 | 23 | Qualitative | Semi-structured interviews; transcendental phenomenological analysis |
Designing an Ethics Curriculum to Support Global Health Experiences In Surgery [33] | 2014 | Medicine (Surgery) | Medical students at Emory returning from a trip to Haiti | 17 | 17 | Mixed-Methods | 35-item questionnaire including free-response survey for ethical concerns |
International Surgical Clerkship Rotation: Perceptions and Academic Performance [32] | 2013 | Medicine (Surgery) | MS3’s and surgeons from Emory who participated in a 1-week elective in Haiti | 31 | 28 | Mixed-Methods | 27-item questionnaire; followed by free-response survey for specific ethical or safety incidents |
Understanding the Effects of Short-Term International Service–Learning Trips on Medical Students [1] | 2012 | Medicine | First year medical students from U. of Michigan who had participated in an international service project | 13 | 13 | Qualitative | Semi-structured interviews, grounded theory analysis |
Ethical Issues Encountered by Medical Students During International Health Electives [22] | 2011 | Medicine | Medical students after returning from a short-term, global health trip | 12 | 12 | Qualitative | Semi-structured interviews; inductive data analysis using constant comparison |
Canadian Residents Teaching and Learning Psychiatry in Ethiopia: A Grounded Theory Analysis Focusing on their Experiences [40] | 2010 | Medicine (Psychiatry) | University of Toronto Psychiatry Residents who had gone on a trip to a program in Addis Abbaba | 11 | 11 | Qualitative | Semi-structured interviews, grounded theory analysis |
International Health Electives: Thematic Results of Student and Professional Interviews [23] | 2010 | Medicine | Convenience sample of students and professionals who had participated on a prior short-term, global health trip | 20 | 10 | Qualitative | Semi-structured interviews, modified grounded theory analysis |
Totals |  |  |  | 245 | 166–167 |  |  |