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Medifam

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LORENZO-CACERES, A. de  e  CALVO CORBELLA, E.. Is there any reason why to change medical education at Spanish University?: Primary Health Care contributions. Medifam [online]. 2001, vol.11, n.5, pp.59-82. ISSN 1131-5768.

Family Medicine and Primary Health Care are fundamental elements within the context of the reforms that are needed in medical education at Spanish universities. After examining the undergraduate medical education and the various problems afflicting it, the great reforms that the studies of Medicine have undergone throughout the twentieth century are reviewed. Included are some examples of syllabuses and tendencies of the reforms that have been undertaken in the past 20 years be Medical Schools and countries of the highest prestige, not only at an academic level but in medical science and health organization as well. The so-called Community Based Teaching is described, along with its peculiarities and its degree of establishment in countries like the U.S.A., the U.K. or the Netherlands. Some of the contributions that Primary Health Care and Family Medicine have on the education of medical students and some of the challenges and limitations caused by their full incorporation into undergraduate teaching are shown. Finally, the situation of Family Medicine at Spanish universities in analyzed, and some of the strategies put foward in order to achieve and effective incorporation of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine into our Medical Schools are detailed.

Palavras-chave : Primary Health Care; Family Medicine; Medical education; Undergraduate medical education; Community-based teaching.

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