The development of academic family medicine in central and eastern Europe since 1990

dc.contributor.authorKrztoń-Królewiecka, Anna
dc.contributor.authorŠvab, Igor
dc.contributor.authorOleszczyk, Marek
dc.contributor.authorSeifert, Bohumil
dc.contributor.authorSmithson, W. Henry
dc.contributor.authorWindak, Adam
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-08T09:16:10Z
dc.date.available2018-10-08T09:16:10Z
dc.date.issued2013-03-07
dc.date.updated2018-10-08T09:04:37Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Since the early 1990s former communist countries have been reforming their health care systems, emphasizing the key role of primary care and recognizing family medicine as a specialty and an academic discipline. This study assesses the level of academic development of the discipline characterised by education and research in central and eastern European (CEE) countries. Methods: A key informants study, using a questionnaire developed on the basis of a systematic literature review and panel discussions, conducted in 11 central and eastern European countries and Russia. Results: Family medicine in CEE countries is now formally recognized as a medical specialty and successfully introduced into medical training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Almost all universities have FM/GP departments, but only a few of them are led by general practitioners. The specialist training programmes in all countries except Russia fulfil the recommendations of the European Parliament. Structured support for research in FM/GP is not always available. However specific scientific organisations function in almost all countries except Russia. Scientific conferences are regularly organised in all the countries, but peer-reviewed journals are published in only half of them. Conclusions: Family medicine has a relatively strong position in medical education in central and eastern Europe, but research in family practice is less developed. Although the position of the discipline at the universities is not very strong, most of the CEE countries can serve as an example of successful academic development for countries southern Europe, where family medicine is still not fully recognised.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid37
dc.identifier.citationKrztoń-Królewiecka, A., Švab, I., Oleszczyk, M., Seifert, B., Smithson, W. H. and Windak, A. (2013) 'The development of academic family medicine in central and eastern Europe since 1990', BMC Family Practice, 14, 37 (10pp). doi:10.1186/1471-2296-14-37en
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2296-14-37
dc.identifier.issn1471-2296
dc.identifier.journaltitleBMC Family Practiceen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6988
dc.identifier.volume14en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd.en
dc.rights© 2013, Krzton-Królewiecka et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0en
dc.subjectFamily medicineen
dc.subjectGeneral practiceen
dc.subjectMedical educationen
dc.subjectMedical researchen
dc.subjectCentral and eastern Europeen
dc.titleThe development of academic family medicine in central and eastern Europe since 1990en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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