Family Medicine (General Medicine): What academic and professional specificities?

Family Medicine, a true scientific and academic discipline, has been defined by the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and academic associations of general practitioners / family physicians (WONCA) since 2002, as being a "clinical specialty oriented towards primary care". This paper details the specificities of Family Medicine: a horizontal specialty, primary care, providing comprehensive and continuous care, patient-centered and community-oriented. The promotion of Family Medicine in the Maghreb countries requires a multi-axial strategy based on the social marketing of Family Medicine, the recognition of Family Medicine as a medical specialty and of Family Medicine as a gateway to national health system, the establishment of a quality approach in basic health centers and free practice offices (centers of health centers) and regular validation of the Family Medicine diploma.

Citation

Ahmed Ben Abdelaziz, Sarra Nouira, Dhekra Chebil, Mohamed Azzaza, Tarek Barhoumi, Kamel Ben Salem. Family Medicine (General Medicine): What academic and professional specificities? La Tunisie medicale. 2021 Jan;99(1):29-37

PMID: 33899172

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