Abstract

KARLE, H. Informe del Grupo de Trabajo. Copenhague, 14-16 de octubre de 1999: WFME Task Force* para la definición de estándares internacionales para la Educación Médica de pregrado **. Educ Med Super [online]. 2003, vol.17, n.3. ISSN 0864-2141.

Ket to paper This report defines a set of international standards in basic (undergraduate) medical education, structured according to nine areas with a total of 38 criteria. Standards are specified for each criterion, using two levels of attainment. The first set defines the base line or minimal or essential requirements to medical schools. The second set deals with the dimension of quality development of medical schools and their educational programmes. The use of such a categorization of standards means that medical schools at various stages of development and with different educational traditions, socio-economic and cultural conditions can use the system of standards at a level appropriate to them. Standards should not lead to uniformity but function as a lever for change and reform. The set of standards might best be used in quality assessment studies of medical schools based on a combination of institutional self-evaluation and peer review. To reach the implementation phase, the WEME Task Force is currently considering the production of a manual or practical guide for data collection and evaluation of medical schools on the basis of these standards. By publicizing the report, the World Federation for Medical Education invites medical educators and institutions, organizations and authorities engaged in basic medical education to discuss and comment on both the proposed set of standards and the issue of implementing such standards as tools in assessment of medical schools.

Keywords : EDUCATION, MEDICAL [standards]; EDUCATION, PREMEDICAL [standards]; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL [standards].