Some information from the University of Pennsylvania's experience with foreign medical scholars illustrates the potential dimension of a larger Soviet presence in American academic medicine. Some issues to be addressed in improving the Soviet quality of health care are described. (MLW)

Interviews with 116 Texas health science center administrators and faculty, community leaders, and state officials investigated barriers to development of area health education centers for training health professionals. School and community respondents agreed on the need for more cooperative planning and training for future activities with border…