ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The following academics and officials participated in the first stage (1996) with their valuable observations and contributions:

Dr. Francisco Bolívar Zapata, Dean of Scientific Research

Georges Dreyfus Cortés, Dean of the Cell Physiology Institute

Carlos Larralde Rangel, Ex-dean of the Biomedical Research Institute

Dr. Claudio Firmani Clementi, Ex-dean of the Instruments Center

Leopoldo Silva Gutiérrez, Director General of School Administration

Antonio Caso Marasco, Academic Secretary, Postgraduate Studies Division, School of Medicine

Dr. Eduardo Jurado García, Head of the Master's Degrees and Ph.D. Subdivision, School of Medicine

Dr. Enrique Buzo Córdova, Academic Secretary, Scientific Research Coordination

Edmundo Lamoyi Velázquez, Academic Program Coordinator of Bachelor's Degrees, Master's Degrees and Ph.D. Degrees in Basic Biomedical Research, Biomedical Research Institute

Dr. Diego González Halphen, Teaching Coordinator, Cell Physiology Institute

Carmen De Teresa, Collegiate Bodies Support Unit Coordinator

Dr. Gustavo González Bonilla, Certification and Normativity Subdirector, General Director's Office for School Administration

Carmen Christlieb Ibarrola, Head of the Study Plans and Program Department, Collegiate Bodies Support Unit

Juana Kuri, Secretary, Academic Council, Biological and Health Sciences Area

Dr. Adolfo Bohórquez López, Master's Degree in Sociomedical Sciences (Health at Work) Coordinator, School of Medicine.

Dr. Ramón De la Fuente Muñiz, Master's Degree in Psychiatry Coordinator, School of Medicine

Dr. Onofre Muñoz Hernández, Master's Degree and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences Coordinator (central site), School of Medicine

Dr. Blanca Vargas, Head of the Teaching Division, National Psychiatric Institute

Dr. Leopoldo Vega Franco, Master's Degree in Sociomedical Sciences (Epidemiology) Coordinator, School of Medicine

Dr. Alfredo Ulloa, Master's Degree and Ph.D. Program in Medical Sciences Coordinator (south site), School of Medicine

Dr. Vicente Díaz Sánchez, Interim Coordinator of the Master's Degree and Ph.D. Program in Medical Sciences (south site), School of Medicine

Dr. Juan Garza Ramos, Ex-coordinator, Academic Council for Biological and Health Sciences

Dr. Carlos E. Varela Rueda, Ex-secretary, Academic Council for the Biological and Health Sciences Area

Doctors Sandra Castañeda Figueiras and Isabel Reyes Lagunes of the School of Psychology contributed with valuable suggestions.

Ángeles Torres Prieto and María Guadalupe Salgado of the School of Medicine helped with the revision and typing of the document.

In the second stage (1998) the following academics and officials participated with their valuable observations and contributions:

Gonzalo Celorio Blasco, Dean of the School of Philosophy and Letters

Dr. Alejandro Cravioto, Dean of the School of Medicine

José Antonio Vela Capdevila, Dean of the School of Dentistry

Georges Dreyfus Cortés, Dean of the Cell Physiology Institute

Carlos Larralde Rangel, Ex-dean of the Biomedical Research Institute

Dr. Juliana González Valenzuela, Director of the Ethics and Metaphysics Research Seminar, School of Philosophy and Letters

Dr. Carlos Alfonso Viesca Treviño, Head of the History and Philosophy of Medicine Department, School of Medicine

Dr. Manuel Saavedra García, Master's Degree and Ph.D. Coordinator, School of Dentistry

Carmen Christlieb Ibarrola, Head of the Study Plans and Programs Department, Collegiate Bodies Support Unit

Doctors Lizbeth Sagols Sales and Liliana Weinberg, of the Philosophy and Letters School, José Manuel Sanfilippo Borrás, Teaching Coordinator of the History and Philosophy of Medicine Department of the School of Medicine, Leticia Caso González and Edith Jiménez Ríos from the Study Plans and Programs Department of the Collegiate Bodies Support Unit, and Elia Márquez García Enríquez, Head of the Study Plans and Programs Department of the General Director's Office for School Administration contributed with their valuable suggestions.

Dr. Jorge Avendaño-Inestrillas, Secretary and Executive Editor of the Publications Advisory Council of the School of Medicine corrected the style and coordinated the editorial process of both stages.