Publisher's Synopsis
Medical schools exist as part of a complex educational and health care system with affiliations to universities, teaching hospitals, out-patient clinics, students and communities. In addition to the education and training of its students, should the medical school be charged with any responsibility for understanding and meeting the health care needs of the population of its "community"? In December 1990, The Royal Society of Medicine Foundation Inc and the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation sponsored a conference on medical education in Canada, the UK, the USA and Australia to discuss that question. An international panel of authorities examined how medical schools in the four countries could profit from each other's experience in organizing medical education so that faculty and students recognize more fully their responsibility for understanding and meeting the health needs of the community.
