title: The international role of a U.S. medical school in developing health services.
abstract: This paper discusses the educational approach taken by the Department of Community Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in providing technical assistance in foreign countries. Using a specific project in the Dominican Republic as an example, the paper describes the role and different functions assumed by the department in planning and developing a health care system in the eastern region of that country.
mesh_terms: D004293:Dominican Republic; D006298:Health Services Administration; D007391:International Cooperation; D009518:New York; D012577:Schools, Medical