title: [The role of the hospital in the light of the new trends of medical education].
abstract: This article sets forth an innovative concept of the hospital's role today in keeping with both contemporary medical education and various national health service needs. After pointing out that the groundwork for a proper integration of training and service goals lies in the principles of medical preparation, the author emphasizes that although health care is provided in the home, in health centers, in outpatients clinics, and in general and specialized hospitals, the future physician's education is primarily the responsibility of universities, medical schools, and departments, which during the clinical phase of training become demonstration clinics atypical of the conditions at the many levels of health services. The combining of teaching and service-essential for the training of a better prepared professional, ready to handle any problem that might arise in the course of his career-is the keystone of this new approach. In other words, the author stresses "early student involvement in all levels of medical care within a particular health region, especially primary care, and a relatively lengthy period of work in direct relationship with the community hospital, supplemented by short periods in specialized hospitals or reference units."
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D005544:Forecasting; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000592:standards*; D007843:Latin America; D011787:Quality of Health Care
vernacular_title: Misión del hospital a la luz de las nuevas tendencias de la educación médica