Abstract:
:This paper describes the approach of the Department of Community Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in the education of local and foreign physicians and their participation in the development of community oriented health care systems. It also presents the first steps taken by this medical school to create an international program whose aims are to develop long-term partnership agreements with foreign universities by bringing together and integrating medical education with the development of community-oriented health care services.
journal_name
J Community Healthjournal_title
Journal of community healthauthors
Bosch SJ,Silver Adoi
10.1007/BF01371014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1985-01-01 00:00:00pages
207-14issue
4eissn
0094-5145issn
1573-3610journal_volume
10pub_type
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