title: Reports and recommendations on the teaching of and training in gastroenterology in South America.
abstract: This report is based on information obtained from the medical education associations of Brazil, Colombia, and Chile. It seems that a similar policy is followed by the other countries of Latin America. The aim of the undergraduate teaching is the training of a general physician. The teaching of subspecialities is just a part of internal medicine. The education and training program should take this interrelationship into account, to prepare a general physician concerned with the biopsychosocial unity of the patient. The students must be trained for the diagnosis and management of the commonest disorders of the alimentary tract. As a speciality, gastroenterology education starts after graduation, in a 2-year program of medical residency, following a 1-year training in internal medicine. In Brazil there are courses for graduates following the medical residency program, to prepare for master's and doctor's degrees.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of the Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fraga
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000193:education*; D007843:Latin America; D013020:South America; D013663:Teaching