en ● Health Education نامه به سردبیر Letter to Editor <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:2;">Building stronger primary care matters more than ever as health systems face ageing populations, a surge in noncommunicable diseases, and tighter budgets.&nbsp;Medical schools have a unique chance to shape future doctors for ongoing, community-focused care, but inconsistent and patchy clinical placements keep getting in the way. Iran&rsquo;s recent move to add a three-month family health internship to the undergraduate curriculum is a step in the right direction. Yet, early data and national surveys show students get wildly different experiences, and medical schools haven&rsquo;t integrated the internship evenly.</span></span></span></div> Family health internship, Undergraduate medical education, Competency‑based curriculum, Primary care training, Standardized educational package 1 1 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1781-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Masoud Khandehroo masoud.khandehroo@gmail.com 0911443302 100319475328460045769 Yes Department of Management Sciences and Health Economics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Elaheh Houshmand Houshmande@mums.ac.ir 0911443302 100319475328460045770 No Department of Management Sciences and Health Economics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Abtin Heidarzadeh abtinh@gmail.com 0911443302 100319475328460045771 No Medical Education Research Center, Education Development Center.Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran