The training and preparation of teachers for medical schools with special regard to the needs of developing countries Fifteenth report of the WHO Expert Committee on professional and technical education of medical and auxiliary personnel
Rosenheim, M.L.
World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser: 26
1966
Document Number: 426906
The increasing demand for comprehensive health services in both developed and developing countries created a need for more medical schools and for improving their output. The report discusses the recruitment and selection of teachers, the differences between the objectives of medical education in the developing and in the developed countries, the problems of starting new medical schools in developing countries, the question of attracting both undergraduates and graduate students, affiliation between medical schools in developed and developing countries (including the assignment of teachers abroad) and other problems of medical education. In order to provide reasonable basic medical care for the present world population, 250 to 750 new medical schools must be established, requiring at least 25,000 to 75,000 teachers. International centers for training medical teachers in educational sciences should also be established.