| Wishing to extend the benefits of modern medicine to rural areas of Guatemala, the Faculty of Medicine of St. Carlos University (Guatemala City)reformed its curriculum in 1971 to include more fieldwork in rural areas. A programme has been undertaken in cooperation with other national and foreign institutions to familiarize the future physician with rural conditions while extending his services to a rural community. These services include the training of auxiliary health workers to take charge of the ru posts. Future plans are to implement the programme throughout the country and to incorporate students of other scientific disciplines (i.e., dentistry, nutrition, sociology, nursing,veterinary science, and agronomy), encouraging development in all sphere simultaneously. The document discusses activities planned for a 3-year period, and the human and material resources necessary for their implementation. |