title: The introverted medical school--time to rethink medical education.
abstract: Curricular reform in the education of medical students is highlighted within the context of changing patterns of provision of health care. A number of industrialised countries' medical schools have accepted that they have a 'social contract' to respond to the health needs of the populations they serve. Such a contract, and the commitment to populations which it would necessitate, is also relevant in the South African context.
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Zwi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwarenstein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tollman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D013019:South Africa