CONTINUING EDUCATION OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS AS QUALITY ASSURANCE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

A Family Physician deals with a broader range of patients and problems than any other medical specialist does. The responsibility of a family physician requires that he develops and maintains the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary for his job. In order to be able to carry out his/her job at a satisfactory level, doctors need to be trained according to special programs. Therefore, a new curriculum was developed aimed at training practitioners capable to fulfill the planned roles of a family doctor. During the retraining course, doctors are improving their ability to evaluate and manage common acute ambulatory patient's conditions, follow clinical guidelines on chronic disease management, efficiently assess and treat patients in an office setting and implement the principles of evidence-based medicine.