title: Revitalization of academic medicine in Macedonia--an urgent need.
abstract: This paper presents the current status of the academic medicine of the Skopje University Faculty of Medicine and the necessity of the medical education reform, initiated in 2001 by the decision of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Rectorate Administration to introduce the credit system in the university education in the Republic of Macedonia. This essay describes and reviews the actual conditions and priority problems and needs; proposes activities that should be undertaken to solve and overcome the existing problems and provide further development of teaching and research at the Faculty. Structural reorganization and overall mobilization of the human resources of the Faculty towards achieving the desired goals is needed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social Medicine, Joint Institutes, Faculty of Medicine, 50 Divizia No. 6, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. donev@freemail.org.mk
authors.forename: Donco M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Donev
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005376:Financial Management; D006801:Humans; D018843:Republic of North Macedonia; D012106:Research