‘Family medicine doctors backbone of primary care’

Family medicine doctors are considered to be the backbone of primary care, said healthcare experts from Pakistan and North America at the conclusion of the two-day conference on the subject.

They provided an array of recommendations for the development of family medicine at the moot titled “Building Primary Care Capacity: Pakistan’s Critical Need”.

The conference organised by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in collaboration with the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) and Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU) concluded at the university on Thursday.

The conference covered a large number of subjects and topics pivotal for the development of healthcare system, including family medicine policy framework including career planning; family medical curriculum and training models; healthcare systems and role of technology; preventive care in family medicine; public-private partnerships; and, strengthening nursing care.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 6^th, 2020.