EURACT Statement on Family Medicine Undergraduate TeachingEURACT: EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF TEACHERS IN GENERAL PRACTICE/FAMILY MEDICINE

Euract: European Academy of Teachers in General Practice/Family Medicine.

In line with the international recommendations and the modular curriculum at Austria ’ s medical universities (2002/03), Austria ’ s health care reform states to strengthen primary health care. As Austrian GPs and GP trainers, we are convinced that top primary health care and service provision requires well trained medical doctors, specialized in their fi eld. Referring to the UEMO Declaration ...

The role of the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice and Family Medicine in family medicine education in Europe--the experience of the University of Maribor.

Primary health care is important item of political agendas since Alma Ata conference in 1978. West Balkans share common history in development of primary care since 1920s when Andrija Stampar introduced social and community based primary care concepts. The first known specialist training in general practice in the world started in former Yugoslavia in the early 1960s. Since then, much has been ...

A 'minimal core curriculum' for Family Medicine in undergraduate medical education: a European Delphi survey among EURACT representatives.

BACKGROUND Family Medicine/General Practice (FM/GP) has not developed in a similar way worldwide. In countries that are not primary care oriented, the discipline of FM/GP may be less developed because this is not a career option for medical graduates. In such a situation, FM/GP will not be regarded as a required clinical experience during medical school. OBJECTIVES To define the 'minimal requ...

American Academy of Emergency Medicine Position Statement: Ultrasound Should Be Integrated into Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum.

Medical diagnostic ultrasound (US) has been used by various specialties since the 1950s. Contemporary point of care ultrasound (POCUS) was first researched and utilized by emergency physicians in the mid 1980s. Emergency physicians have formally defined and pioneered POCUS during the past 2 decades. Research in a broad array of applications indicates improved patient care via procedural safety ...

The society of teachers of family medicine.