Abstract

GONZALEZ, Matías; GREZ, Marcela; NITSCHE, Pía  and  RIQUELME, Arnoldo. Review of medical education in Chile: achievements and challenges. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2018, vol.21, n.1, pp.3-8. ISSN 2014-9840.  https://dx.doi.org/10.33588/fem.211.933.

Chilean medical education has developed greatly in the last decade. Different institutions, such as universities, scientific societies and private and public organizations have pushed this development forward, and have allowed and encouraged the high standards at which Chilean medical education is now working. As a consequence undergraduate and postgraduate students have access to health related training that continues to raise the country';s medical standard, and goes hand in hand with the country';s aim of delivering the best possible health care to its population. Improved training standards, the development of new curricula, regular faculty assessment, national and international accreditation, the use of simulation, teaching innovation and leadership in regional initiatives hold a promising future. Future challenges center on the development of new strategies that allows a network of institutions, at dissimilar stages of progress, improved access to training. And a plan that regulates and enhances the work of the medical education network at a national and international level. The purpose of this paper is to detail the state medical education in Chile, as well as highlighting the most promising areas of development that the best regarded institutions in medical education in Chile are working on, thus articulating a training project for the future generations of medical doctors in Chile.

Keywords : Chile; Medical education; Postgraduate; Undergraduate.

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