TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching family medicine online: The experience in Cyprus
AU - Hopayian, Kevork
AU - Papageorgiou, Alexia
AU - Hadgipapas, Avgis
AU - Charalambous, Andreas
AU - Kolokotroni, Ourania
PY - 2019/5
Y1 - 2019/5
N2 - Cyprus has an underdeveloped primary care system.1 As in many other countries in the Middle East, family medicine has never grown from its roots so the first point of contact for patients remains secondary care doctors, with paediatricians and obstetrician-gynaecologists providing care for their respective groups. Yet those physicians working as family doctors are eager to pursue postgraduate training, gain due accreditation and ultimately raise the contribution of family medicine to the nation’s health care.
AB - Cyprus has an underdeveloped primary care system.1 As in many other countries in the Middle East, family medicine has never grown from its roots so the first point of contact for patients remains secondary care doctors, with paediatricians and obstetrician-gynaecologists providing care for their respective groups. Yet those physicians working as family doctors are eager to pursue postgraduate training, gain due accreditation and ultimately raise the contribution of family medicine to the nation’s health care.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065305809&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3399/bjgp19X702461
DO - 10.3399/bjgp19X702461
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 31023679
AN - SCOPUS:85065305809
VL - 69
SP - 244
JO - British Journal of General Practice
JF - British Journal of General Practice
SN - 0960-1643
IS - 682
ER -