Enseñanza de la atención primaria de salud: Un criterio global

The MEDEX Primary Health Care Series, and integrated training system for everyone in primary care, was published in 1983. It is now used in over 70 countries and has demonstrated its value in the developing world. The Series lays considerable emphasis on the crucial link between the performance of health workers and the management support with which they are provided

A cooperative education program for nurse practitioners/physician's assistants.

Traditionally, nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants have been trained separately. Despite similarities in curriculum and graduate practice, there has been little or no articulation between their training programs or professional organizations. In 1977 the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, and the Primary Care Associate Program at Stanford University Medical Center merged clinical curricula. In this article the authors describe the cooperative educational venture and evaluate its first year.

A new teacher in medical education: the family nurse practitioner.

At the University of California, Davis, family nurse practitioners who are faculty members in the Department of Family Practice have proven to be effective teachers of medical students and family practice residents. These faculty members, new to the medical school scene, have demonstrated competency in the teaching of clinical medicine within their area of expertise, are extremely well received and sought after by students are effective role models as clinicians in the education-service settings, and expose trainees to and prepare them for the team concept in the delivery of care.