Family Medicine
Family Medicine
Family Medicine
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To Member Countries<br />
To WHO<br />
<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />
(1) <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> should be recognized as a separate speciality in<br />
medicine;<br />
(2) Immediate steps should be taken to incorporate the recommended<br />
core curriculum in family medicine into the existing basic medical<br />
curriculum;<br />
(3) Departments of family medicine should be established whenever<br />
and wherever possible;<br />
(4) Provision should be made for training of teachers for family<br />
medicine;<br />
(5) Post-graduate specialization in family medicine should be<br />
established wherever possible, and<br />
(6) Appropriate structures and cadres should be developed for<br />
incorporating general practitioners and trained family physicians<br />
within the national health system.<br />
(1) To support strengthening of the capacity to establish family medicine<br />
as a specialty in training institutions in Member Countries;<br />
(2) To support countries to build their capacity in teacher training in<br />
family medicine;<br />
(3) To facilitate development of a regional network and accreditation of<br />
<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> training programmes, and<br />
(4) To support strengthening of the health care services in Member<br />
Countries including primary health care, by incorporating family<br />
medicine in the national health systems.<br />
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