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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 1999;281:783.

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With a little help from their colleagues in the United States, Russian physicians are moving forward to improve their skills and professionalism.

Russian Medical Association delegates visit a Chicago hospital. (Photo credit: Ted Grudzinski)

Editor of JAMA—Russia Alexei O. Yurenev, MD (center), meets the AMA's Robert L. Kennett, Vice President, Publishing (left), and former JAMA editor George D. Lundberg, MD, at JAMA's office. (Photo credit: Annette Flanagin)

The American Medical Association (AMA), working through a cooperative agreement signed in 1996 with the US Agency for International Development, has just finished helping Russia's two predominant medical associations implement a pilot specialty certification program and strengthen their organizational and advocacy capabilities. Both actions should assist Russian physicians as they practice in a health care system in shambles and treat a patient population whose health status falls monthly.

Statistics present a grim picture. Russian physicians earn around $120 a month, . . . [Full Text of this Article]