title: [Venezuela: alternative focusing of teaching and service in the national health system].
abstract: The author relates an experiment conducted at the University of Zulia in Venezuela, to restructure the curriculum. The process is centered on the training and performance of dentists, within the National Health System and a local health system in Maracaibo. The reasons that prompted the restructuring are reviewed, and an alternative approach to current teaching methods is proposed, in which programs are defined on the basis of the most important epidemiological developments in the country. The operational model is based on the strategy of teaching-service integration in the National Health System.
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Zulia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrer de Sánchez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fonseca de Hernández
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rincón
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cova Rey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yépez
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003729:Dental Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004497:Education, Dental; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D014687:Venezuela
vernacular_title: Venezuela: enfoque alternativo de docencia-servicio en el sistema nacional de salud.