BOOKS OF RtfiDIfGS - PAHO/WHO

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16. All participants sbould promote the development
of -dalth operations research and systems analyses programs
within industrial engineering, medicine, management and health
administration departments/schools. An emphasis should be
placed on instituting joint programs among the different dis-
ciplines, p&rticularly when only one university is involved.
(EI,OR/SA.)
17. An important component of both the certificate and
masters prograns should be the offering of at least one course
in health operations research jointly with engineering, public
health and/or the medical school. Such a course should involve
at least one project in which students must function as an inter-
disciplinary team. (EI.)
18. While Latin American universities will become the
predominant trainers of master'sstudents, U.S. and Canadian
universities will remain the primary training facilities for
Ph.D.s. Consequently, it is in the best interest of Latin Ameri-
can universities to develop more formalized institutional arrange-
ments with the appropriate U.S. schools and programs. Latin
American ,liiversities should strive to assure that such U.S.
programs remain relevent to and considerate of the educational
needs of the Latin students. If possible, Ph.D. dissertations
should be directed at problem areas that are also of importance
in Latin America. (EI.)
19. As health administration programs continue to
develop in Latin America, it is important that strong, formal
ties are developed with both industrial engineering/operations
research and management programs. If such ties are not developed,