This collection gathers together several papers reflecting the state of the art in the development of community-based programs in health sciences education. Titles and authors are as follows: "Issues in Implementing a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum at the University of Sherbrooke" (Jacques E. Des Marchais; Bertrand Dumais); "Students' Perceptions after One Year of Problem-Based Learning at Sherbrooke" (David Barbeau and others); "Involvement of Teachers as Problem-Based Learning Tutors in the New Sherbrooke Programme" (Jacques E. Des Marchais); "Impressions of a Community Orientation Programme" (Junaid Ahmad); "Community Orientation at Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Nigeria" (Olanipekun K. Alausa); "Education for Health in Transition--The Response of Medical Education at Gadjah Mada University" (Coeli J. Geefhuysen and Radjiman); "Village Studies: An Introduction to Community Health for First-Year Medical Students" (John P. Musgrove; Simon J. Carson); "Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle" (R. F. Heller); "The Mindanao State University College of Medicine Community-Based Medical Curriculum" (Angelo H. Manalo); "The Area Health Education Center: A Model of Community-Based Health Sciences Education" (Daniel S. Blumenthal); "Health of the Public at Columbia: The First Year" (Oliver T. Fein and others); "World Federation for Medical Education" (Henry Walton); "Ten Commandments for Clinical Training" (Andrew R. Hornblow); "Knowledge, Learning and Literacy: The Didactic and the Critical" (Richard W. Paul); and"The Abuja Plan of Action: Arising from the African Ministerial Consultation on Medical Education, 7 July 1989, Abuja, Nigeria." The volume includes a list of recent books on medical education and abstracts from recent papers on primary health care, problem-based learning, change, student selection, communication, and assessment and evaluation. (LPT)