A compilation of case studies of training programs for health personnel consists of nonevaluative descriptions of innovative efforts. Contents include: The University of New Castle, New South Wales, Australia: Developing a New Medical School (D. Maddison); Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia: Dental Manpower Training (R. Guerrero, C. Tasama); University of Kuopio, Finland: Reforms of the Health Care System in Finland--A Challenge for a New University (T. Vanha-Perttula); Universidad Autonoma Metropolitano, Xochimilco, Mexico: An Interdisciplinary Innovation in Medical Education (R. Villarreal); Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Nepal (M. Shah); College of Allied Health Sciences, Madang, Papua New Guinea: Health Extension Officers (J. Banam); University of the Philippines College of Medicine: The Institute of Health Sciences, Tacloban--Search for a Model (A. F. Bonifacio); Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Scotland: Introducing a New Curriculum in an Established Medical School (H. Walton); Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand: Training of Public Health Nurse Practitioners in Thailand (P. Limprasutr); The National School of Midwifery, Lome, Togo (E. Vovor); First and Second Moscow Medical Institutes, USSR: Reform of Medical Syllabuses (Ju. Isakov); University of Aden, Democratic Yemen: Medical Education in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (A. S. Bahattab); and The Medical Faculty at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia: New Trends in the Promotion of a System of Medical Education (D. Jakovljevic). (MSE)