Developing a Rural Strategy for European Family Medicine

“The Educational Agenda”

Jaume Banqué Vidiella

Semfyc – Camfic – Spain

ABS Tortosa Oest – Tarragona

jbanquev@gmail.com

• There is a big variety in systems for health services• There are important differences in Family Medicine // Rural

Health development and in educational programs• There are multiple GPs associations, medical institutions,

foundations, etc..• There are different international administrations

> Complexity <

“We are Europeans but every country is different”

European Educational Background

VERTICAL INTEGRATION

HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION

Students/Doctors/ Nurses/ Physios/ OTs/ Dentists/ Pharmacists etc.

RetirementCPDAdvanced professional training> Residents <> Undergraduates <School leavers

Barossa Valley. October 2010. Dr John Wynn-Jones

Education and Training

Undergraduates

PowysWelsh Rural Campus

South ShropshireRural Campus

Barossa Valley. October 2010. Dr John Wynn-Jones

The Rural Campus Experience in Wales

• An innovative approach designed to empower and improve local health services through working with neighbouring medical schools

• Developing a learning environment in a rural community for students and practitioners

• An innovative flexible learning experience for students and health care professionals using effective and relevant approaches for lifelong learning in rural areas

Barossa Valley. October 2010. Dr John Wynn-Jones

PostgraduatesVasco Da Gamma Movement

Research Conclusions

• Poor rural background from medical schools• Rural training in 46,67% of residents• Big differences within compulsory (or not) rural programmes but the same needs in every country

Rural Wonca Conference. Crete. June 2009

What essential rural competences to learn and practice ?(32 Participants from 23 countries. Only 5 countries have

compulsory rural training program for residents)

• Emergencies, communicational skills, managing elderly people, paediatrics,...

• Flexibility, knowing the place you work, leadership,..• Networking, multidisciplinary point of view,...

Rural Training Program for ResidentsSuggestions from the Wonca Europe Conference Workshops

in 2010 and 2011

• Creating an “ Euripa´s Educational Manifesto” (Underlying Under and Postgraduate recommendations)• Evaluating and describing GP // Rural Training in Europe.

Clarifying the importance of the International Advisory Board

• Working in collaboration with National Medical Associations

• Connecting with different Rural initiatives in Europe

Educational Suggestions to discuss

The European Rural & Isolated Practitioners Association

“To ensure that all the rural and isolated populations in Europe have access to high quality health care irrespective of location, culture or resource”