The gift of health: Cuban medical cooperation in Kiribati

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume7
dc.contributor.authorWerle C
dc.contributor.authorMcLennan S
dc.contributor.authorLeslie H
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-02T01:24:02Z
dc.date.available2023
dc.date.available2023-05-02T01:24:02Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractSince 2006, 33 I-Kiribati students have undertaken medical education in Cuba and returned home as doctors, but little is known about how they translate the Cuban preventive model of care to medical practice in the Pacific context. The research addresses this gap through qualitative fieldwork in South Tarawa and reveals that the assimilation of Cuban-trained doctors into medical practice is complicated by challenges related to clinical skills, language and contextual knowledge. These challenges have been successfully addressed with the development of the Kiribati Internship Training Programme but a misalignment between the prevention-focussed medicine taught in Cuba, and the curative orientation of the Kiribati health system and internship programme remains a concern, and the graduates’ knowledge and experience of primary and preventative care is not yet well utilised. This paper argues that the challenge now is to ensure that the knowledge and skills gained by the Cuban graduates at all steps of this journey are utilised in order to bring better health outcomes for the people of Kiribati.
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dc.identifier.citationPacific Dynamics, 2023, 7 (1)
dc.identifier.doi10.26021/14353
dc.identifier.elements-id461170
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/18201
dc.relation.isPartOfPacific Dynamics
dc.subjectKiribati
dc.subjectCuba
dc.subjectPacific health
dc.subjectmedical education
dc.subjectCuban medical cooperation
dc.titleThe gift of health: Cuban medical cooperation in Kiribati
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of People, Enviroment and Planning
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