RURAL STUDENT CLUBS AND THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT: All faculty members agree that their medical school has an academic purpose and a research purpose, but few medical faculty members agree that a medical education has a social purpose. This is one of the main reasons why there is a serious disjunction between rural societal needs and doctors' education. Rural student clubs are part of a rural counterculture within the orthodoxy of the medical school. Members of these clubs are thus potential agents of curricular change in the field of rural medicine. They are also one of the most potentially influential forces in reminding and helping medical schools to fulfil their social responsibility to the populations of rural Australia. Most rural student clubs are multidisciplinary, and the principles underlying their role in changing the direction and ethos of medical schools also apply to schools of nursing and health sciences.     

THE STATUS OF GRADUATE-LEVEL SOCIAL WORKERS TEACHING IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS

At present, relatively little national data are available concerning the involvement of social workers in medical education. This article presents the results of a study conducted recently to obtain a comprehensive, up-to-date profile of graduate-level social workers teaching in medical schools and to survey the opinions of medical school deans regarding their present and future status. Continuing research in this area is essential if we are to acquire a greater understanding of the contribution social workers make to contemporary medical education. Only then will we be better equipped to assess social work's potentials for the future and take those steps necessary to bring them to fruition.     

加强新农合医疗费用控制的措施

我国现阶段的新型农村合作医疗制度还是一种低水平筹资的互助共济制度,医疗费用的不合理增长不仅会降低新农合补偿水平,也会降低合作医疗基金使用效率,增加农民经济负担,进而影响到新农合制度的可持续性发展.本文结合重庆市新型农村合作医疗工作中费用控制的一些做法,对如何加强新农合资金的管理和完善支付方式进行了一些思考与探索.