The Network: Towards Unity For Health (TUFH) Presents: SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY OVERVIEW Social Accountability - Virtual Expert Symposium February 5, 2019 www.thenetworktufh.org 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. Panel Questions: 1. How can Accreditation Criteria and Standards be used to advance Social Accountability Practices and be utilized as a lever for change? 2. How do we encourage Health Care Professionals and Graduates to go where needed (e.g. rural and underserved regions)? For example through Academic Training, Continuing Professional Development, and/or Interprofessional Education exchanges. 3. How do we ensure Health Care professionals are advocates promoting Social Accountability? Panelists: 1. David Bor 2. Robert Woollard 3. Charles Boelen 4. Nighat Huda

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