Gemeinschaftsmedizin und Gesundheitserziehung

Abstrakt

The Complete Practitioner: The Role of a Family Physician

Richard B Birrer and Sarru E

There is a strong continued need for dedicated primary or family physicians that can provide patient and familycentred comprehensive, coordinated and accessible health care. Family physicians have a broad as well as deep knowledge of medicine fundamentals and understand the family dynamics and community-based logistics that impact health and disease. The specialty emphasizes prevention and healthy life styles in the context of dignity and partnership. The current brief review reflects on the different aspects of the family medicine specialty, highlights the impacts of family physicians and suggests benefits of adding the specialty to Saudi Arabia undergraduate and graduate training programs.