Community-oriented health services education: A strategy for international cooperation

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.Samuel J. Bosch, M.D., is Charles G. Bluhdorn Professor of International Community Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York. One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, N.Y. 10029.Alan Silver, M.D. is Assistant Professor and Director of the Education Unit, Department of Community Medicine, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York. One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, N.Y. 10029