[University tutorship in medicine: a new experimental program in Mexico]

The document presents information on the program of medical tutorships initiated this year in Mexico. Its main purpose is to offer the new graduate physician instruction in internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, and general surgery through "open instruction" and training in the clinical aspects of private practice. During the one-year program, the physician will receive tutorial training in these branches of medicine (each to last three months), under the supervision and evaluation of a unversity and the respective medical association. Theoretical knowledge will be obtained through the use of self-instructional material (study units) and practical knowledge through collaboration with a physician in private practice. The system has been established with a view to using private medicine as a source of learning experiences for recent graduates; theoretically, this tutorship arrangement is expected to double the teaching capability of the national health system.