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Aghabagheri M, Heidarzadeh A, Woollard R, Huntington M K. Social Accountability: Achievable Top-down, Bottom- up, and Throughout. J Research Health 2026; 16 (2) :113-116
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1- Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. , Mahdi.Aghabagheri@gmail.com
2- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
3- Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Endowment Lands, Canada.
4- Department of Family Medicine;School of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford, Vermillion, South Dakota.
Abstract:   (333 Views)
ocial accountability is a central theme in contemporary medical education. While originating in community-based education, social accountability is relevant to academic medical centers as a whole. Historically, institutions of medical education, while focusing on improving the health of the population, have neglected the care of the community in which they are situated. This inequity has been described as a form of colonialism.
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Type of Study: Viewpoint | Subject: ● Health Education
Received: 2026/01/2 | Accepted: 2026/01/14 | Published: 2026/03/1

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