Proposal for a U.S.-India Post-Pandemic Medical Educational Partnership

Noel T. Boaz, Ph.D., M.D.

Outline

I. The Need for Change in Medical Education

II. New Science of Evolutionary Medicine

III. Importance of Simple-to-Complex Narrative

IV. Educational Tiers 1 – IV

V. Research

VI. Formation of an Indian – U.S. Medical Education Partnership

I. Collaborative Online Phase of Curricular Development and Course Delivery

II. Physical “Classroom at Sea” Program Linking U.S. and Indian Campuses

III. Shared Clinical Clerkship and Residency Programs with Faculty Exchanges

The Need for Change in Medical Education

 Hyperspecialization in medical

and

research

education has caused a Conceptual Myopia that is detrimental to patient care

The New Science of Evolutionary Medicine

 A broader view is provided by Evolution. A “spiral of life” from an ancient origin to the present day is now amply demonstrated by integrative biology (genomics, paleontology, and comparative anatomy)

 That evolutionary narrative must be told to medical students to provide depth of understanding

 Applying that knowledge leads to new and more effective therapies

Boaz (2002)

Evolving Health proposed 17 levels of evolved adaptations that, when disrupted, lead to pathology

The Importance of Simple-to-Complex Narrative in Evolutionary Medicine

InterVentricular

DiGeorge Syndrome

Tetanus infection by Clostridium

Holoprosencephaly

Amelia Median Nerve Entrapment by Ligament of Struthers

Erectile dysfunction

Maldescent of Testis

Septal Defect Gout

Sickle Cell Anemia

Fetal Distress During Vaginal Birth

Inguinal Hernia

Vaginal Yeast Infection

Cancer

Ocular

Hypertelorism

Pilonidal Cysts

Scurvy

Tier 1

Primary and Secondary Schools

 “Hands-On Human Evolution” for Public Schools

 “Ishango Project” for Culturally Attuned STEM Education in Tanzania

Tier 2 University/Six-Year Medical Program

 Henricopolis Premedical Academy

 A Program that Worked: Libyan International Medical University

 Service-Oriented Global Health Medical School Coalition with Cuba

Tier 3

Four-Year Medical/Health Sciences School

 College of Henricopolis School of Medicine, re-founded in Virginia, USA, after 400 years, committed to inter-ethnic education and empirical science

 Summer Advanced Human Gross Anatomy for Medical Students

Tier 4 Resident/Continuing Medical Education

 ICSM – Carilion Clinic CME

 Tanzania – U.S. CME

Research

 Evolutionary Medicine Across the Disciplines

 Reproductive, Renal, and Cardiovascular Disease

 Aging and Gerontology – Sensory Decline and Relevance of Oxytocin

 Brain, Hearing, Endocrinology

 Non-Human Primate Models of Health and Disease in St. Kitts, West Indies

 Integrative Anatomy and OntoPhylogenetic Research

An Innovative U.S. Medical School Initiative Dedicated to Global Health and Evolutionary Medicine Is Seeking International Partners

Formation of an Indian – U.S. Medical Education Partnership

I. Collaborative Online Phase of Curricular Development and Course Delivery, estimated at 3 years’ duration from inception

II. Physical “Classroom at Sea” Program Linking U.S. and Indian Campuses, starting within the time frame of Phase 1

III. Formal Linkage of U.S. and Indian Medical School Campuses with Shared Clinical Clerkship and Residency Programs, Faculty Exchanges, and Joint Research Projects, estimated to start at Year 5 of partnership

Noel T. Boaz, Ph.D., M.D.

noetboaz@integrativemedsci.org

Tel 01-276-632-4159

Mobile 01-541-646-2914

https://integrativemedsci.org