THE EUROPEAN DEFINITION OF GENERAL PRACTICE / FAMILY MEDICINE - WONCA EUROPE 2023 Edition
SWISS COLLEGE OF PRIMARY CARE
(Revised 2011 and 2023)
THE EUROPEAN DEFINITIONS of
The Key Features of the Discipline of General Practice
The Role of the General Practitioner
and
A description of the Core Competencies of the General Practitioner / Family Physician. Prepared for WONCA EUROPE (The European Society of General Practice/ Family Medicine), 2002.
Dr Justin Allen
Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
President of EURACT
Professor Bernard Gay
President, CNGE, Paris, France University of Bordeaux, France
Professor Harry Crebolder
Maastricht University The Netherlands
Professor Jan Heyrman
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Professor Igor Svab
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr Paul Ram
Maastricht University The Netherlands
Edited by:
Dr Philip Evans
President WONCA Europe
This statement was published with the support and co-operation of the WHO Europe Ofce, Barcelona, Spain.
Revised in 2005 by a working party of EURACT Council led by Dr Justin Allen, on behalf of WONCA European Council.
Revised in 2011 by a Commission of the WONCA European Council led by Dr. Ernesto Mola and Dr. Tina Eriksson
Revised in 2023 by a Commission of the WONCA European Council led by Professor Adam Windak, Dr. Andrée Rochfort and Dr. Jean-Pierre Jacquet
Design and Layout: Gözde Usgurlu (gozde@uskur.com.tr)
