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Title: Academic general practice/family medicine in times of COVID-19 - Perspective of WONCA Europe.
Author: Windak, Adam
Frese, Thomas
Hummers, Eva
Klemec Ketis, Zalika
Tsukagoshi, Sonia
Vilaseca Llobet, Josep Ma.
Vinker, Shlomo
Ungan, Mehmet
Keywords: Ensenyament de la medicina
COVID-19
Medicine education
COVID-19
Issue Date: 18-Dec-2020
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Abstract: COVID-19 outbreak has significantly changed all aspects of general practice in Europe. This article focuses on the academic challenges for the discipline, mainly in the field of education, research, and quality assurance. The efforts of the European Region of the World Organisation of National Colleges, Academies, and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians (WONCA Europe) to support academic sustainability of the discipline in the time of pandemic are presented. Medical education was affected by the pandemic, threatening both its productivity and quality. Emerging new educational methods might be promising, but the results of their rapid implementation remain uncertain. A relatively small number of publications related to COVID-19 and general practice is available in the medical literature. There is a shortage of original data from general practice settings. This contrasts with the crucial role of GPs in fighting a pandemic. COVID-19 outbreak has opened widely new research areas, which should be explored by GPs. Maintaining the quality of care and safety of all patients during the COVID-19 pandemic is the utmost priority. Many of them suffer from poor access or inadequate management of their problems. Rapid implementation of telemedicine brought both threats and opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic also challenged doctors' safety and well-being. These aspects will require discussion and remedy to prevent deterioration of the quality of primary care. WONCA Europe is making a multi-faceted effort to support GPs in difficult times of the pandemic. It is ready to support future efforts to uphold the integrity of family medicine as an academic discipline.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2020.1855136
It is part of: European Journal Of General Practice, 2020, vol. 26, num. 1, p. 182-188
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/179220
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2020.1855136
ISSN: 1381-4788
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