La francophonie suffit-elle ? Repenser la représentation du Sud global en pédagogie des sciences de la santé

Rémi Gired; Randa Oubouchou; Amélie Brisebois

doi:10.36834/h5p3kj98

Is Francophonie enough? Rethinking Global South representation in health professions education

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Remi Gired Université de la Réunion https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8424-2423
Randa Oubouchou Université de Sherbrooke
Amélie Brisebois Université de Sherbrooke

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36834/h5p3kj98

Author Biographies

Remi Gired, Université de la Réunion

MD, Directeur médical de Réunisim et du CESU 974, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion, La Réunion, France;

Professeur Associé à l’UFR Santé - Terre-Sainte, Université de la Réunion, France;

Unité de Développement et de Recherche en Education Médicale (UDREM), Université de Genève, Suisse.
Randa Oubouchou, Université de Sherbrooke

PhD, Département de médecine, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, QC, CA
Amélie Brisebois, Université de Sherbrooke

PhD, Département de médecine, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, QC, CA;

École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, QC, CA

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2026-10-13

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Vol. 17 No. 5 (2026)

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Gired R, Oubouchou R, Brisebois A. Is Francophonie enough? Rethinking Global South representation in health professions education. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2026 Oct. 13 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];17(5):62-4. Available from: https://cmej.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/84209