Discussion group 4

"New Routes for General Practice and Family Medicine“

Nina, Marie, Bernadett, Maria, Danielle,

Marta, David, Lakai, Eline, Anna

Preconference, Lisbon 2nd July 2014

Do you think an electronic healthcard with all the medical information for

each patient would be an improvement?

•No duplications of diagnostics•Patient safety•Research opportunities

•Patients´ privacy•Misuse by insurance companies• Doctors´ independance

Do you think guidelines help comprehensive care?

•Structured and efficient care• Evidence based care

•Not applicable to everyone/not personalized care•No holistic view

Should Family Doctors’ knowledge be regularly tested?

•Quality of care•Implement new evidence based knowledge and skills

•Time consuming•Less motivating if obligatory•Consequences if criteria are not met

Do you want to be a global doctor?

•Treat global patients•Deal with global issues

•Achievability•Changing the traditional mode of general practice

Strengths

• Communication• Multidisciplinar working team• Enthusiasm• Holistic view of patient• Fresh mind (VdGM)

Opportunities

• Crisis could be ... • International collaboration

Weaknesses

• Differences in salary• Organization of Primary Care• Prestigiousness

Threats

• Crisis could be ... • Incentives based on medical or financial goals

"New Routes for General Practice and Family Medicine"

Demands

• More linguistic education

• Facilitate recognised exchange programmes

• Common core competences for GP trainees in Europe

• More involvement of young GP´s in decision making

• Better use of new media (respecting privacy issues)

• Recognition of GP/FM as a specialty, including wages

• Promote guidelines with respect to personalized care

• Network globally, act locally