Creating the teachers of tomorrow's professionals

Changes in the health delivery system will require individuals with different skills, attitudes, and values. There will be increased attention to population and clinical perspectives in education, research, and service, and more emphasis on functioning effectively as a team in providing care to persons with complex needs. A community-oriented health care delivery system focuses on health and pays more attention to the nonmedical provinces of public health, social work, and nursing. A letter that might be written by a health science student in 10 years gives a vision of the future education for physicians and nurses.