Vasco de Gama Group Movement workshop Group 1

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Vasco de Gama Group Movement workshopGroup 1

• Florence, 28 August 2006

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Group 1 members

• Francesca Bonci Italy
• David Fasoletti Italy
• Kati Paal Estonia
• Ines Zelic Croatia
• Suvi Vainiomaki Finland
• Juan Quintana Spain
• Monika Reber Feissli Switzerland
• Erika van Nuffel Belgium
• Waqaar Shah United Kingdom
• Facilitators George Spatharakis
• Giuliana Bondinelli

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Summary

• Problems encountered in our vocational training
• Proposed solutions
• Problems encountered in postgraduate education
• Proposed solutions

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Vocational Training Problem 1

• PROBLEM General Practice is not recognised as a
  speciality in some countries
• SOLUTION Government should respect the
  Definition of General Practice and declare
  General Practice a speciality. There should be a
  department of General Practice in every medical
  school

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Vocational Training Problem 2

• PROBLEM Quality of GP training system is
  variable
• SOLUTIONS
• Improve training of GP trainers
• Increase funding of GP training systems
• Respect and adopt the Educational Agenda
• Eliminate conflicts of interest between trainers
  and trainees
• reliable assessment of trainee and trainer

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Vocational Training Problem 3

• PROBLEM Poor exposure to general practice as
  medical students
• SOLUTION Continuous and increased exposure to
  general practice throughout medical school and
  vocational training

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Vocational Training Problem 4

• PROBLEM Not enough protection and support of
  primary care from politics
• SOLUTION preserve the essence of primary care

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Continuous Medical Education Problem 1

• PROBLEM Not enough Government funding
• SOLUTION increase funding for assessment and
  provision of educational needs

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Continuous Medical Education Problem 2

• PROBLEM Not enough relevant training
• SOLUTION Mandatory GP-focused training
  controlled by GP training organizations (peer
  review, Balint, Reflection, Learning Needs)

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GROUP WORK DYNAMICS

• Active participation
• Change from different perspectives to common
  perspectives
• Ill defined goal at the beginning
• Previous exchange of working details
• Good facilitator