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Conclusion<br />

World Book of <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> – European Edition 2015<br />

UME curriculum should be composed of topics predominantly related to primary and thus preventive health care<br />

services. However, it takes time for this fact to become a reality in its application within the UME. Over the last 40<br />

years, there has been an extended gap in the discipline, and the recent developments and improvements are<br />

promising for the future. We believe that the WONCA working parties<br />

(http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/groups.aspx) have contributed much to this success. Of special value are the<br />

activities of EURACT (www.euract.eu/) and EGPRN (www.egprn.org). Improvements are especially remarkable in the<br />

number of academic departments and staff. However, most of the contributions so far are via lecturing and interactive<br />

teaching inside the medical school facilities. <strong>Family</strong> medicine is a comparatively new medical speciality, but it is<br />

probably the oldest medical discipline. Hence, there is still a long way to go to involve clinical family practice in UME.<br />

Take Home Messages<br />

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Although most medical graduates practice in primary care, most of the training is based in hospital settings.<br />

Even in the earliest documents of family medicine it was suggested that family medicine should be included in<br />

undergraduate medical education.<br />

Today almost 90% of European universities have a GP / FM curriculum, the duration of clinical rotations<br />

ranging from 1-12 weeks.<br />

Being a relatively new medical speciality, but probably the oldest medical discipline, family medicine should<br />

play a much greater part in undergraduate medical education.<br />

We suggest family medicine play a part in all preclinical phases plus the internship period of the<br />

undergraduate medical education.<br />

Original Abstract<br />

http://www.woncaeurope.org/content/63-role-family-practice-undergraduate-medical-education-experiences-trakya-university<br />

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