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Medical schools are considering how to shape medical curricula to reflect the needs of the diverse community which their students will go on to serve. 1 Increasingly, this means centring social accountability in their courses and considering the role of academic institutions within that framework. A socially accountable university directs its research and educational activities towards the priority health concerns of their community and works collaboratively with relevant stakeholders (Figure 1). 2 One way to achieve this is through service learning. These programmes, which embed students in a community project and