title: [Program of integral general medicine].
abstract: This paper intends to present to all the medical profession, but more specifically to the Medican and Latin American medical workers and authorities, the main purposes that arm and give structure to a new concept of teaching and learning medicine called, "Integral General Medicine" (also known as "Plan A-36"). This plan in basically conceived for México and most of Latin American countries, but may be applied to any other. The main idea is to keep the students in close contact with the community in order to achieve the best of their knowledge, both theoretically and practically, since the very early stages of their entrance to the medical school. The whole scholarship curriculum is described with reference to every one of the four academic years that accomplish the program.
mesh_terms: D003154:Community Medicine / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000639:trends; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D007843:Latin America; D008722:Methods
vernacular_title: Programa de medicina general integral.