title: [Teaching of health economics in Mexico: 5-year experience].
abstract: Teaching strategies for a new specialty constitute a challenge to ensure the rapid development of human resources for the purpose of supporting these activities. In the health economics field a plan was applied for coping with the needs of teaching activities in the field. The activities developed in the plan are presented in this paper, included under the following items: A. Theoretical organization of the contents of the subject. B. Organization of contents according to the students' needs. C. Support given to teachers. D. The whole strategy also includes: academic interchange, technical advisory services, dissemination of results through meetings, publications and academic organizations. E. Median term agenda: Human resources; Financial resources; Teaching strategies; Interaction between health services and decision makers; and Collaborative network.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Escuela de Salud Pública de México.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arredondo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Durán
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Avila
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004467:Economics; D008800:Mexico; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*
vernacular_title: Docencia en economía de la salud en México: cinco años de experiencia.