title: [Social medicine service of undergraduate medicine students in the Hospitalary Donation Coordination area of the Mexican Institute of Social Security].
abstract: The cadaveric or donor-related transplant is a worldwide priority program. In Mexico, the human hospitalary resources primarily assigned to issues about donation and transplant are scarce. In our country, recent legal changes permit that undergraduate medicine students under University linking programs can be integrated in activities that guarantee a social profit, for example, the hospitalary donation coordination of the Mexican Institute of Social Security. This is a proposal with a legal framework, based in experiences of the Barcelona Provincial Hospital Clínic, that integrate undergraduate medicine students as monitors in the Hospitalary Donation Coordination area of the Mexican Institute of Social Security who are available 24 hours. During this social service stage, undergraduate medical students can benefit their community by optimizing potential for transplants via hospital organ donations.
authors: Departamento de Terapia Intensiva, Hospital General de Zona 15, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. maya_jorge@hotmail.com
authors: Jorge Arturo
authors: JA
authors: Maya-Álvarez
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Lechuga-García
authors: Walter
authors: W
authors: Querevalú-Murillo
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D012936:Social Medicine; D013337:Students, Medical; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*