[First national seminar on the teaching of preventive medicine in the medical academic programs in Peru. Summary of the seminar report].

A summary report is presented of the Seminar held in Lima, in November-December 1974, attended by 44 delegates, including university professors, Peruvian Health Ministry officials, representatives of the Peruvian Association of Academic Prpgrams in Human Medicine, students, insturctors and PAHO/WHO advisers. The main topics were: concepts of preventive medicine in medical education, cirriculum structure, teaching methods, and educational resources. A comprehensive review of the course content in preventive medicine and how it is taught was made with the aim of instiuting uniform and criteria in this area of instruction. The recommendations reflect a thoroughgoing analysis of the subjects discussed and are a valuable contribution to improvement of the teaching of preventive medicine.