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Strengthening general practice/family medicine in Europe—advice from professionals from 30 European countries

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Primary Care, August 2017
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Title
Strengthening general practice/family medicine in Europe—advice from professionals from 30 European countries
Published in
BMC Primary Care, August 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12875-017-0653-x
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Authors

Natalia Zarbailov, Stefan Wilm, Howard Tandeter, Francesco Carelli, Mette Brekke

Abstract

Substantial variations are still to be found in the strength of general practice/family medicine (GP/FM) across Europe regarding governance, workforce competence and performance, as well as academic development and position. Governments are encouraged by the WHO to secure high quality primary health care to their population, a necessity for reaching the goal "Health for all". The present study aimed at investigating the opinions of council members of the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice (EURACT) on necessary actions to strengthen the position of GP/FM in their country. The study used a mixed methods exploratory sequential design. EURACT representatives from 32 European countries first participated in brain-storming on how to strengthen GP/FM in Europe. Later, representatives from 37 countries were asked to individually score the relevance of the proposed actions for their country on a 9-point Likert scale. They were also asked to evaluate the status of GP/FM in their country on four dimensions. Respondents from 30 European countries returned complete questionnaires. To build and secure GP/FM as an academic discipline comprising teaching and research was seen as essential, regardless the present status of GP/FM in the respective country. To build GP/FM as a specialty on the same level as other specialties was seen as important in countries where GP/FM held a strong or medium strong position. The importance of common learning objectives and a defined bibliography were stated by respondents from countries where GP/FM presently has a weak position. In order to strengthen GP/FM throughout Europe, EURACT and other professional organizations must establish common goals and share expertise between countries. To influence decision makers through information on cost-effectiveness of a GP/FM-based health care system is also important.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 44 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 11%
Other 4 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Other 12 27%
Unknown 11 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 43%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Unspecified 2 5%
Psychology 2 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 2%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 14 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 October 2021.
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#7,359,319
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from BMC Primary Care
#961
of 2,359 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#108,396
of 325,674 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Primary Care
#6
of 11 outputs
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