Recuento histórico Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico 1950-2000 / Historical recollection Medical School of the University of Puerto Rico 1950-2000
P. R. health sci. j
; 20(1): 85-93, Mar. 2001.
Article
in Es
| HISA
| ID: his-12141
Responsible library:
BR1.1
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ABSTRACT
The School of Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico was founded in 1950 with the mission of educating the much needed physician workforce in order to improve the health of a large portion of the population in Puerto Rico. The main events in its first fifty years of existence are summarized. Emphasis is given to the unique, mutually dependent association between the School of Medicine and the Department of Health of Puerto Rico. Soon after its organization, the school became a principal protagonist in the delivery of specialized medical care to the medically indigent population within the existing Regionalization Program of Health Care services in the island. With the creation and development of various other academic and health services institutions in the island, and the advent of a new system of health care in 1993, based on managed care; the School's interdependence with the Department of Health and its role in the direct care of the medically indigent have waned drastically. The School now faces its greatest challenges as it begins to insert itself into the economically competitive arena of the new health care system; and in redefining its commitments, while searching for new resources, alliances, teaching faculty, hospitals and clinics, enabling it to maintain its leadership in medical education, specialty training and scientific research in Puerto Rico.(AU)
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Collection:
05-specialized
Database:
HISA
Main subject:
Schools, Medical
Country/Region as subject:
Caribe
/
Puerto rico
Language:
Es
Journal:
P. R. health sci. j
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article