Avtor/Urednik		Windak, Adam; Frese, Thomas; Hummers-Pradier, Eva; Klemenc-Ketiš, Zalika; Tsukagoshi, Sonia; Vilaseca, Josep; Vinker, Shlomo; Ungan, Mehmet
Naslov		Academic general practice/family medicine in times of COVID-19 - Perspective of WONCA Europe
Tip		članek
Vol. in št.		Letnik 26, št. 1
Leto izdaje		2020
Obseg		str. 182-188
ISSN		1381-4788 - The European journal of general practice
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		COVID-19 outbreak has significantly changed all aspects of general practice in Europe. This art-icle 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 Organisationof National Colleges, Academies, and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/FamilyPhysicians (WONCA Europe) to support academic sustainability of the discipline in the time ofpandemic are presented. Medical education was affected by the pandemic, threatening both itsproductivity and quality. Emerging new educational methods might be promising, but theresults of their rapid implementation remain uncertain. A relatively small number of publicationsrelated to COVID-19 and general practice is available in the medical literature. There is a short-age of original data from general practice settings. This contrasts with the crucial role of GPs infighting a pandemic. COVID-19 outbreak has opened widely new research areas, which shouldbe 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 man-agement of their problems. Rapid implementation of telemedicine brought both threats andopportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic also challenged doctors' safety and well-being. Theseaspects will require discussion and remedy to prevent deterioration of the quality of primarycare. WONCA Europe is making a multi-faceted effort to support GPs in difficult times of thepandemic. It is ready to support future efforts to uphold the integrity of family medicine as anacademic discipline.
Proste vsebinske oznake		infectious diseases qualityof care public health nalezljive bolezni kakovost oskrbe javno zdravje