RSM Global Health

The RSM has developed a resource for individuals who wish to learn and engage in any aspect of the global health agenda. It provides a focus for RSM members to share their experiences and aspirations in this important area of healthcare whilst also facilitating institutional and individual access to new initiatives.  >>>

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Health gap is narrowing between countries with best and worst health outcomes

16 May 2013

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its annual World Health Statistics. Its key finding was that the countries with the poorest health status have made significant progress in improving the health of their populations...

'Writing on the Edge' - an RSM photography exhibition by Tom Craig (Sunday Times)

Fit for the future? A review of the place of global health in the UK's postgraduate medical training
Objectives That health is now global is increasingly accepted. However, a 'mismatch between present professional competencies and the requirements of an increasingly interdependent world' has been identified. Postgraduate training should take account of the increasingly global nature of health; this paper examines the extent to which they currently do.