Table 2 Summary of results

General program details

Countries described in articles meeting final inclusion criteria:

Malaysia, Turkey, South Africa, Peru, Armenia, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jordan, Papua New Guinea

Number of programs per country:

1 per country with the exception of:

Malaysia 16, Turkey 14, South Africa 4, Peru 2

Duration and structure:

1-2 year fellowship programs for general practitioners, 2–5 year direct entry after medical school, 4–6 year master’s degree programs

Please see Table 1 for details

Curriculum

Two traditional models of EM systems: Anglo-American and Franco-German (see text for details)

Modeling of curriculum based on existing developed EM training programs:

Bosnia, Turkey, Brazil, Costa Rica – used the North American training program curricula to inform their own program development with variable modifications to suit local needs and resources

Cameroon – guidance from the French training program for own program development

China, Armenia – advice from US partners but original curriculum developed to suit local needs

No particular model described for the remaining countries

Curriculum details and other scholarly activities:

See Table 1 and text for further details

International partnerships/exchanges

Existing international partnerships/exchanges:

Bosnia, Armenia, China – USA

Jordan – UK, USA

Cameroon – France

Malaysia, Papua New Guinea – Australia

Costa Rica – USA, Latin American collaborations

Peru – USA, Colombia, other Latin American collaborations

South Africa - UK

None mentioned for the remaining countries.

See Table 1 and text for further details

Graduate retention

Discussed or identified as an ongoing issue:

Papua New Guinea – low retention; ongoing problem

Malaysia, Costa Rica, Peru, South Africa – high retention

No graduate retention strategies discussed for the remaining countries