Integración de la medicina preventiva y social en las distintas escuelas de una universidad
dc.contributor.author | Urzúa, Hernán | es_ES |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015 | |
dc.date.available | 2015 | |
dc.date.issued | s.d. | es_ES |
dc.date.issued | 1967 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/15296 | |
dc.description.abstract | Modern medicine has various characteristics, especially the integration of its various social functions, and is based on the work of a team composed of physicians and other professional health workers. All professional health workers should have a satisfactory academic training, not only to enable them to apply their specific techniques but also to understand their countries' health problems as a whole. A basic curriculum which might be used in the various departments of preventive medicine might cover: a) epidemiology and control of acute infectious and chronic diseases; b) elements of psychology, medical sociology, and health education; c) social and preventive aspects peculiar to each profession; d) organization of community health services and the resources available to them; e) basic principles of administration. The participation of students from various professions in field work under suitable supervision might strengthen this curriculum. To make this type of training a reality the following mechanisms might be used: a) each school should have its own teaching staff; b) a department of preventive medicine or a school of public health should assume responsibility for the teaching of preventive medicine in all schools; and c) a coordinating committee should examine teaching methods in each school and offer suggestions for making them more efficient, for achieving coordination and where | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Boletín de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana (OSP);62(3),mar. 1967 | es_ES |
dc.subject | Serviços de Integração Docente-Assistencial | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Medicina Preventiva | es_ES |
dc.subject | Escolas Médicas | es_ES |
dc.subject | Escolas de Saúde Pública | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Chile | es_ES |
dc.title | Integración de la medicina preventiva y social en las distintas escuelas de una universidad | es_ES |
dc.title.alternative | Integration of preventive and social medicine in university schools | en_US |
dc.type | Journal articles | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Pan American Health Organization | en_US |
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