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- Title
Community-Based Education of the Health Professions in Latin America and the US.
- Authors
Koch-Weser, Dieter
- Abstract
The author reflects on the community based education of health professionals in Latin America and the U.S. He points out that one of the prerequisites for a successful community-based educational and training programs is the close linkage between service delivery and education. He comments that health professional schools should hire health practioners as full-pledged faculty members regardless of traditional requirements of research and publication of the school.
- Subjects
COMMUNITY health services; MEDICAL personnel; HEALTH occupations schools; MEDICAL education; PUBLIC health
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1987, Vol 77, Issue 4, p412
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.77.4.412