Specialist training of Slovene family physicians

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Table I.  Content and duration of clinical part of Slovene-specific training in family medicine.

Education and training	Duration (mo)	Training institutions (H = hospital)
Internal medicine	6	H
Infectious diseases	2	H
Surgery	3	H
Paediatrics	3	H
Gynaecology/obstetrics	2	H
Psychiatry	2	H
Neurology	1	H
Dermatology	1	H
Orthopaedics	1	H
Ophthalmology	1	H
ENT	1	H
Oncology	1	H
Total	24	H

ENT: ears, nose and throat.

Table II.  Content of modules.

	Title of module	Content/comment
1	Family in health and in illness	Family cycle and function
2	Organization of practice work	Theoretical and practical issues, legal obligations, teamwork
3	Communication with patients	Communication skills training by role paying and video
4	Quality assurance	How to conduct audits, and assessment and control of GP performance
5	Diagnostic procedures	Possibilities and limitations of diagnostic procedures in family medicine
6	Prescribing	Rational pharmacotherapy in practice
7	Preventive activities	Strategies of prevention of chronic diseases, limitations to prevention
8	Chronic patient	Active management of chronic patients; long-term partnership, compliance
9	Addictions	Lifestyle change
10	Physical medicine and rehabilitation	Rehabilitation as a part of GP's everyday tasks; role of physiotherapists, people with disabilities
11	Healthcare of children and youngsters	Preventive and curative activities, role of GPs and paediatricians
12	Healthcare of workers	Safe working places; role of GPs and occupational medicine specialists
13	Healthcare of the elderly	Special aspects of care, nursing homes, home visits
14	Terminal patient	Breaking bad news, communicating with patient and family, role of specialist palliative care
15	Pre-hospital emergency level	Emergencies in everyday work, out-of-hours work, practical skills training
16	Home visits	Out-of-practice work, decision making, equipment
17	Home for the elderly	GPs tasks in nursing home
18	Ethical problems	A selection of common ethical problems in general practice
19	Cooperation with specialists	Communication with specialists, referrals
20	Evidence-based medicine	Critical reading, sources of evidence
21	Burn out	Limitations of medical profession
22	Communication with patients II	Difficult cases in communication
23	Research in GP/FM	Preparing a paper, thesis
24	Public health	GP as public worker, basics of public health approaches in primary healthcare, community-oriented primary care
25	Medical error	Dealing with errors, complaint procedure

Table III.  Duration and structure of specialist training in family medicine in UEMO countries (2003).

	Duration (mo)
Country	Clinical part	GP/FM part	Total
Slovenia	24	24	48
Austria	30	6	36
Belgium	6–12	24–30	42
Croatia	23	13	36
Denmark	36	24	60
Finland	30	42	72
Germany	18–44	18–36	60
Hungary	20	40	60
Iceland	36	24	60
Ireland	24–36	12–24	48
Italy	24	12	36
Luxembourg	no data	no data	no data
Netherlands	12	24	36
Portugal	12	22	36
Spain	25	11	36
Sweden	30	30	60
Switzerland	48	12	60
Slovakia	32	4	36
UK	24	12	36