PAN
AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
33rd DIRECTING COUNCIL
40th SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington D.C., 26-30 September 1988
RESOLUTION
CD33.R12
REPORT OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL
EDUCATION
THE 33rd DIRECTING COUNCIL,
Having taken note of Document CD33/29 on the World Conference on Medical Education and its "Declaration of Edinburgh" on the reform of medical education; and
Bearing in mind the proposed plan of action for implementing the respective recommendations at the institutional and national levels,
RESOLVES
1. To thank the Pan American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools and, through it, the World Federation of Medical Education, for the report submitted, underscoring the reorientation of medical education towards the goal of health for all by the year 2000.
2. To urge Member Countries to give special consideration and support to the recommendations and concepts embodied in the "Declaration of Edinburgh."