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Arch Med Fam 2007; 9 (1)

Family Medicine in Israel: A National Overview and Examples from Ben-Gurion University in the Negev

Tandeter H

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 65-70
PDF size: 80.01 Kb.


ABSTRACT

This article describes the development of family medicine (FM) in Israel, and the special features of the program at the department of FM at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev. It contains information about physicians’ statistics in Israel (numbers, and distribution among levels of care), describes the primary care system, and shortly describes the history of the development of FM in this country. The residency program is described nationally and then locally, presenting some of the special features of the program at BGU (the didactic course, special issues in research, and characteristics of our undergraduate training program).


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