[Development of traditional careers at new universities. The case of medicine].
In 1981, the educational system in Chile was diversified characterizing Universities, Professional Institutes and Technical Training Centers. The provincial seats of traditional Universities were transformed in independent universities, which strongly increased its number. A number of private universities also emerged. This strategy was quantitatively successful, duplicating the number of youngsters between 19 and 24 years old that were following superior studies (from 88 to 199 per 1,000) and duplicating the registers at higher education institutions (from 118,000 to 244,000). The quality of the education is a matter of concern at the present time. In the case of Medicine, the Medical Schools Association has proposed to the Higher Education Council an accreditation system for programs that pursue the M.D. degree, based on explicit standards for all medical schools. Considering that teaching, research, laboratory and library resources in Chile are limited, accreditation is even more important. The splitting relationship between Medical Schools and the Ministry of Health, whose establishments are used as training centers, is also worrisome. Finally the physician:inhabitant relationship in Chile is adequate for its development level (1:960). Its geographical distribution, however, is highly unsatisfactory (1:657 in Santiago and 1:2,200 in some Regions). The implementation of professional and economical incentives could reverse this situation.
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Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
D000068:Accreditation; D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
Creación de carreras tradicionales en nuevas universidades. El caso de medicina.