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Philosophy and Approaches

Professor Felix Vartanian

JAMA. 1987;258(10):1358-1360.

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CONTINUING medical education (CME) in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is comprehensive and systematic, perhaps uniquely so. This article offers a very broad review of the philosophy and approaches that formed the basis of the national health care services, its main operating principles, its implementation strategies, and its educational planning and effectiveness.

Inception

The first successful effort to establish a prototype of CME was the institute for postgraduate training of physicians in Leningrad (formerly St Petersburg), founded some 100 years ago. However, it was not until the Soviet government came into power that government legislation on CME was introduced. The Special Act on the Scientific Mission of Physicians of 1927 ensured that physicians undergoing postgraduate training continue receiving their salaries for the entire period of training. In 1934, the Government Act on Medical Training became the first state decree to establish a uniform system of postgraduate medical . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Central Order for Lenin Institute for Advanced Medical Studies, Moscow.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to the Central Order for Lenin Institute for Advanced Medical Studies, Belomorskaya, 19, 125445 Moscow, USSR (Dr Vartanian).

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