Better Evidence for Training builds the capacity of the next generation of leaders in the health workforce. We know that when provided access to clinical decision support tools in training, students continue to use such tools in practice. We therefore partner with leading digital tools to facilitate free access to medical schools in Africa.
Since 2015, we have worked with UpToDate, providing free, institutional licenses to eligible medical schools and affiliated clinical sites. We have continued to expand our program to more schools and diversify our toolkit of resources. In 2020, we began partnering with Osmosis, a visual learning platform that makes complex medical topics easy to understand through expertly illustrated visuals based on evidence-based learning science. In 2022, we began working with Trip Pro, a clinical search engine for users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice.
To date, we have facilitated digital tool access to more than 95,000 students, residents, and faculty in 65 medical schools across 17 countries. We support representatives – Better Evidence Champions – from each of these participating medical schools to facilitate uptake, understanding, and use of these tools locally within their institutions.
Eligibility
To be eligible to join the Better Evidence for Training program, schools must:
- Have at least intermittent access to the internet
- Train physicians, surgeons, or other advanced medical personnel in Africa who will serve vulnerable populations
- Have a student body that will benefit from reading medical content in English
- Not otherwise be able to afford UpToDate
- Have one or more Champions who are willing and able to invest 10 hours per month in promoting the use of evidence-based clinical resources on campus
For any questions, please email betraining@globalhealthdelivery.org. Please see Frequently Asked Questions for more information about Better Evidence, UpToDate, and other frequent questions.