North-South Cooperation in Medical Education and Research: The European Union and South Mediterranean Economies

Driouchi, Ahmed and Achehboune, Amale (2015): North-South Cooperation in Medical Education and Research: The European Union and South Mediterranean Economies.

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to show the need for further cooperation around medical education and research through the mobility of medical doctors. Three important implicit players are identified and include medical schools, public authorities and the business related to health-care. These players from North and South are assumed to engage in cooperation around medical education, medical research and health development. The triple helix approach and the support of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are the foundations of the model. The empirical part introduces the on-going international cooperative frameworks between the European Union and South Mediterranean countries and identifies possibilities of expansion. The paper shows how such as a framework could be expanded to generate further benefits with win-win outcomes to both Northern and Southern economies. The emphasis placed on the European Union and Arab countries provides further evidence for the pursuit and expansions of collaborations and dialogues on health and mobility of medical doctors.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Keywords: Existing Collaborations, Triple Helix Framework, Medical Doctors, Medical Education and Research.
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development

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