Opinions of primary care physicians results from Edirne, Turkey
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Opinions of primary care physicians
results from Edirne, Turkey
SAHIN EM, DAGDEVIREN N, AKTURK Z, OZER C
TRAKYA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PRACTICE
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Continious medical educationThere is not an organization for the CME of the practitioners in primary care system of Turkey. Turkish Association of Physicians have been certificating all the CME meetings if the organizers ask for it. But this is not enough to encourage the physicians to participate.
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Continious medical education
Primary health care is a unique part of the medicine and has unique educational needs. Other specialties cannot outline the specific knowledge essential for primary care on behalf of primary care physicians.
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Continious medical education
The specialty of primary care in Turkey is family practice. We, the family physicians, are trying to maintain CME that includes specific knowledge and skills essential for primary care to the physicians working in primary care.
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Our CME course
“recent advances in primary health care” May 2000 adverted to practitioners in Edirne
municipality region they were asked to fill our questionnaire
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Our CME course1. Preventive health services and periodic
health examinations2. Communication skills3. Sexual health care4. New communication technologies and
internet5. Problem oriented medical diagnosis and
records
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Our CME course6. Health care of the elderly
7. Practicing biopsychosocial medicine
8. Home care
9. Adolescent health care
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Our CME course The questionnaire consisted of 23
questions 3 of them were about primary care others were related to the topics of
CME answers were collected with a likert scale
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Our CME course 25 participants as planned questionnaire was answered by 48
practitioners
The results that will be discussed here could not be generalized for all practitioners in Turkey but present some valuable information in certain issues
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Are you happy to work in primary care?
9
2024
15
33
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Did you feel yourself sufficient in your practice just after graduation?
11
28
2217
22
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think postgraduate education is needed to work in primary care?
50
35
82 4
0
10
20
30
40
50
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think your preventive health care services are sufficient?
7
46
1926
20
10
20
30
40
50
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you know health care needs of your population?
17
67
5 7 50
1020304050
6070
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you provide periodic health examinations?
11
28
4
26
32
0
510
1520
2530
35
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you feel sufficient in communication with your patient?
45,8 45,8
6,32,1 0
0
10
20
30
40
50
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think communication with the patient can be promoted by education?
57
38
2 2 00
10
20
30
40
50
60
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think sexual functions of all patients should be questioned?
8,3
31,333,3
20,8
6,3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
%
Strongly agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly disagree
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Do you provide preconceptional care?
16
33
9
31
11
0
510152025
3035
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you use internet?
32
38
2
21
6
0
10
20
30
40
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think internet will change your practice?
60
34
4 2 00
10
20
30
40
50
60
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think medical record system is essential for primary care?
81
152 2 0
0
20
40
60
80
100
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you use a record system for your patients?
9
38
2
2724
0
10
20
30
40
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think euthanasia sould be legal?
19
24
30
8
19
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you tell the diagnosis to your patients when they have a terminal illness?
13
29
35
21
20
10
20
30
40
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think biopsychosocial approach will effect your practice?
20
65
94 2
010203040506070
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you try to solve the problem when you think there is an underlying psychological or social parts of it?
30
53
9 62
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you think home care is physicians duty?
2
38
19 1922
0
10
20
30
40
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Dose your practice include home care?
11
26
15
2623
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
%
strongly
agree
agree undecided disagree strongly
disagree
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Do you think adolescent health problems can be solved in primary care?
7
43
22 24
4
0
10
20
30
40
50
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Do you provide adolescent health care?
0 2
14
4539
0
10
20
30
40
50
%
stronglyagree
agree undecided disagree stronglydisagree
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Conclusion
primary care in our country is far from its target. Our doctors are young and dynamic but they need appropriate knowledge and skills specific for primary care conditions
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Opinions of primary care physicians
results from Edirne, Turkey
SAHIN EM, DAGDEVIREN N, AKTURK Z, OZER C
TRAKYA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PRACTICE