Integration of Medical Education and Health Services Meets Accountability Challenges and Excellence of Education?

T is now over 25 years that medical education has been integrated with health services in iran to meet the world health organization proposed “health for all” policy as well as challenges of social accountability (1). this integration was supposed to increase quality, accessibility, equity and cost benefit for services as well as responsiveness of medical education (2). in this process, mashad university of medical sciences has taken steps to establish the first educational health centre to further adopt education of health professionals according to their future social accountability commitments (3)