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Increasing interdependence and rapidly changing relationships among nations have given rise to growing concerns about health problems worldwide. Medical education is central to the future provision of health services in the emerging world order. This major reference work presents the history, evolution, current status, and future direction of medical education in 28 countries around the world, and describes current issues and trends in each. The countries profiled represent a broad range of political, economic, and social conditions. Following introductory overviews and discussions of global issues in medical education and evaluation, each chapter describes the health care delivery system; role of national policy; undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education; licensure and certification; and international linkages in a particular country. Each chapter includes detailed statistical information and extensive references to additional resources about each country. The volume also includes comprehensive information about relevant national and international organizations, institutions, and govenment agencies that influence medical education policy determination and implementation; it provides basic biblographic source material for all major topics and for each country.
List of contents
Illustrations
Foreword by George E. Miller, MDAn Overview of Medical Education in the Late Twentieth Century by Christine H. McGuire
Evaluation and Change in Medical Education by Marjorie P. Wilson
Australia by Raja Bandaranayake and Phillip Godwin
Belgium by J. Cassiers
Brazil by Eliana Claudia Ribeiro and Luiz Antonio Santini
Canada by Eva Ryten
The Commonwealth (English-Speaking) Caribbean by Harold A. Drayton
Chile by Pedro Rosso and Eugenio Arteaga
The People's Republic of China by Ma Xu
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic by Josef Vysohlid and Vaclav Janousek
Egypt by Nabila Hidayet
France by F. Bonnaud, A. Vergnenegre and J. M. Chabot
Germany by Hendrik van den Bussche
Hungary by Gabor Szabo and Ferenc Bojan
India by Shridhar Sharma, Santosh Kacker and B. V. Adkoli
Israel by Moshe Prywes and David M. Mirvis
Italy by Vittorio Ghetti and Alessandro Martin
Japan by Daizo Ushiba
Malaysia by Sharifah H. Shahabudin
Mexico by José Laguna, Octavio Castillo y López and José de Jesús Villalpando
The Netherlands by Peter A. J. Bouhuijs
Nigeria by O. Ogunbode
Pakistan by Naeem A. Jafarey
Poland by Andrzej Wojtczak
Russia (Former USSR) by Felix Vartanian
South Africa by Joseph H. Levenstein
Thailand by Tongchan Hongladarom
United Kingdom by Laura R. Aziz and Michael S. Cullen
United States of America by Robert F. Jones and M. Brownell Anderson
Venezuela by Pablo Pulido and Roberto Rondón
Appendix A: General Country Demographics 1989
Appendix B: Medical School Demographics by Country
Appendix C: Admission Policies and Requirements by Country
Appendix D: Policy Making Bodies with a Role in Medical Education
Appendix E: Professional Organizations with a Role in Medical Education by Country
Appendix F: Governmental Agencies with a Role in Medical Education by Country
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the author
ABDUL W. SAJID was Head of the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Medical Education and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education in the College of Medicine at the time of his death in 1992. He was a member of the Expert Panel Group on Health Manpower of the World Health Organization, and he served as Executive Secretary of the Governing Board of the National Council for International Health.
uCHRISTINE H. McGUIRE is Professor Emerita in the Department of Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, where she served as Associate Director and Head of Research and Evaluation from 1961 to 1987. She is internationally known as a lecturer and consultant to medical schools and certifying bodies.
REBECCA MONROE VEACH is Editor and Staff Associate, Department of Medical Education, and Assistant to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.
LAURA R. AZIZ is a Research Specialist with the Center for Health Services Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, and was formerly a Research Associate with the Department of Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.
LINDA K. GUNZBURGER is Professor and Associate Dean of Curriculum/Educational Research and Development at The Chicago Medical School.
