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Training for COPC in the Netherlands and Around the World
Pages 250-257

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From page 250...
... EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES At Maastricht the basic philosophy emphasizes a preference for orienting medical education to primary care. The consequence of this position had to be presented in the teaching program; the problems presented needed to be typical of primary health care.
From page 251...
... The conviction that the knowledge acquired must be kept alive and that the requisite skills must be constantly practiced implies that the program includes the reinforcement of skills until they are routine and second nature. By being confronted with progressively more complex health problems, the student will gain a broader and more realistic awareness of his own contribution.
From page 252...
... Even in the first year, students encounter complex health care problems, but the emphasis is on insight into what background knowledge is required. At the same time, students are confronted with simple problems, so that they have, by the end of the first year, some experience in inde
From page 253...
... acquiring an insight in health care problems and problem solutions that do not presuppose extensive background knowledge; . possessing the background knowledge necessary for frequently occurring health problems; .
From page 254...
... from one of two possible home bases: internal medicine or surgery. Further, the internships would be expressly for the student's learning process; the students would make only a very limited contribution tO the hospital in terms of health care and administrative tasks.
From page 255...
... Not only did we receive help from the External Review Committee, but also from the Network of Community Oriented Educational Institutions for Health Sciences, of which the faculty is the founding member. THE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR HEALTH SCIENCES The World Health Organization (WHO)
From page 256...
... From this meeting emerged unanimous agreement that mutual benefits could be derived from founding and developing a network linking those schools already engaged in community oriented problem-based learning and other schools more or less committed to an innovative approach and showing willingness and ability to contribute to actual collaboration with .
From page 257...
... The Dutch government is trying to find ways and means to control health care costs by new laws that try to establish a network of health care services that are more related and by closing hospitals. Control over the system will be on a regional level.


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