The global medical school, 2020

With fast-developing technologies and communication, the future of the medi cal school is not clear. The definition of the graduate is shifting from wh at was forged in the past to a new doctor. The trends are towards more spec ialization, mastering of modern technologies and scientific achievements, v ersus community awareness and a return to family doctors. An innovative app roach was taken with the development of a program in International Health a nd Medicine at Ben Gurion University, supplementing the regular curriculum of the Medical School. Such programs might bridge the gap between the docto r in industrial countries and the physician in Third World countries, by cr eating a physician who will be able to function in cultural environments ot her than his/her own.