The document summarizes the discussion from a group discussing new routes for general practice and family medicine. Some of the key topics discussed include the potential benefits and drawbacks of an electronic health record system, the role of guidelines in comprehensive care, whether family doctors' knowledge should be regularly tested, and the potential opportunities and challenges of being a global doctor. The group also discussed strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to general practice as well as demands to help support new routes for the field.

1. Discussion group 4
"New Routes for General Practice
and Family Medicine“
Nina, Marie, Bernadett, Maria, Danielle,
Marta, David, Lakai, Eline, Anna
Preconference, Lisbon 2nd July 2014

3. Do you think an electronic healthcard
with all the medical information for
each patient would be an
improvement?

4. •No duplications
of diagnostics
•Patient safety
•Research
opportunities
•Patients´ privacy
•Misuse by
insurance
companies
• Doctors´
independance

5. Do you think guidelines help
comprehensive care?

6. •Structured and
efficient care
• Evidence based
care
•Not applicable to
everyone/not
personalized care
•No holistic view

7. Should Family Doctors’ knowledge
be regularly tested?

8. •Quality of care
•Implement new
evidence based
knowledge and
skills
•Time consuming
•Less motivating if
obligatory
•Consequences if
criteria are not
met

9. Do you want to be a global doctor?

10. •Treat global
patients
•Deal with global
issues
•Achievability
•Changing the
traditional mode
of general practice

11. Strengths
• Communication
• Multidisciplinar working team
• Enthusiasm
• Holistic view of patient
• Fresh mind (VdGM)
Opportunities
• Crisis could be ...
• International collaboration
Weaknesses
• Differences in salary
• Organization of Primary Care
• Prestigiousness
Threats
• Crisis could be ...
• Incentives based on medical
or financial goals
"New Routes for General Practice
and Family Medicine"

12. Demands
• More linguistic education
• Facilitate recognised exchange programmes
• Common core competences for GP trainees in Europe
• More involvement of young GP´s in decision making
• Better use of new media (respecting privacy issues)
• Recognition of GP/FM as a specialty, including wages
• Promote guidelines with respect to personalized care
• Network globally, act locally