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© 1973 Oxford University Press

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The Experience, Development and Evaluation of an International Course in Health Management*

P. MERCENIER1, and H. VAN BALEN2

1 2 Lecturers in Public Health, ’Prince Leopold‘ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp; Directors of the Unit of Research and Education in Public Health, ’Prince Leopold‘ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp; Coordinators of the 8th International Course in Health Development, Antwerp, 1971–72.

Requests for reprints may be addressed to Dr. Mercenier, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationale-straat 155, B-2000 Antwerpen, Belgium.

Since 1964, Dutch and Belgian authorities have jointly organized an International Course in Health Development for doctors with managerial responsibilities in the developing countries. The objective of the course is to prepare these individuals ‘to deal with problems in the field of management and planning of health systems in the context of comprehensive development’. Due to the flexibility of course structure, it has been possible to adapt both curriculum and teaching methods and to develop a model which has been broadly speaking successful in:

(1) integrating the three basic components of the course (methodologies; specific disciplines; situation) by using a problem-solving approach.

(2) promoting the active involvement of participants by making them contribute to the whole learning and adapting process.

Received 15 January 1973


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