[Profile of the physician registered in the National Program of Continuous Academic Development for the General Physician].

A descriptive, transversal study was done on 881 physicians taking the National Program of Continuous Academic Development for the General Physician (PRONADAMEG) at 27 sites during the second semester of 2002. The general purpose of the study was to determine the sociodemographic, academic, and professional profile of the physician enrolled in the program, as well as their opinion on the program and their need for education. Age of enrolled physicians is between 35 and 54 years (70.

[The difficult exercise of medicine in primary level healthcare units].

The positive response from the general physician to the continuing medical education promoted by the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico, the Mexican Academy of Surgery, 32 Medical Schools, and different medical societies will be a real contribution to improving primary healthcare. At present, an additional effort is necessary from primary healthcare providers to lengthen time for patient care with the general physician and to improve facilities for the general physician for his/her continuing medical education.

[Neonatal infection and high IgM at birth].

To determine the concentration of IgM to be used as intrauterine infection indicator, the sera of 2,906 newborns were studied. Five hundred and sixty-three (19.4%), showed high concentrations of IgM and out of 199 pair sera studied, serologic evidence of infection was found in 21.