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. 1992 May;38:1150–1154.

The McGill-Costa Rica Project

Training in family and community medicine

M William L Davis, Jeannie Haggerty, Liliane Filion-Laporte
PMCID: PMC2145846  PMID: 21221332

Abstract

In 1987, health authorities in Costa Rica started a training program in family and community medicine and requested assistance from the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University. The authors outline the health care system in Costa Rica and the background of the project. The design, implementation, and progress of the project to date are discussed. The problems associated with this kind of project and its future are also discussed.

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