Abstract
Aims: This study aimed to identify themes related to compliance with social accountability concepts in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) based on published papers Methods: Thematic analysis of qualitative studies was done following a scoping review of published papers in the EMR over the period 1995-2021. Conclusions: Despite the call to reorient health profession schools to be responsive to the community and health system needs, only 3 countries in the EMR reported their efforts to move towards social accountability. [...]this review aimed to document what makes medical schools socially accountable in the Region. [...]when open coding was complete, and descriptive codes were generated from all 3 papers, all authors discussed and analytically interpreted the descriptive themes to further develop analytical themes.