[Education in social medicine]

During the elaboration and definition of new concepts of medicine and the health services at a time of decisive social changes attention is also paid to social medicine. Its contents reflected during the past 40 years the influence of political and ideological structures and this had an adverse effect on its development, activities and prestige. Because of its importance and greater impact at present it must find its firm place also in the sphere of training at medical faculties. The author uses as a basis the present position and seeks solution in a greater integration of its components which must include also social oecology. Its coordinating activity must be mentioned more systematically also in clinical subjects. All this is to serve its more marked identity in the teaching process at medical faculties.