Bogota, Colombia August 23The Nationwide Academy of Medication, with the assist of the Pan American Well being Group/World Well being Group (PAHO/WHO Colombia), introduced the proceedings of the Discussion board on Common Doctor Competencies in Colombia, an important occasion for the way forward for the well being system that happened on August 23, 2023 within the metropolis of Bogotá.
The doc comprises discussions and proposals that arose throughout a basic debate for the development and efficient operation of nationwide well being programs and for transferring in the direction of a system that ensures common entry to Colombian well being, targeted on human expertise and, particularly, on the abilities of common practitioners.
On this context, the basic position of the overall practitioner was mentioned as a part of a multidisciplinary workforce that leads the well being service on all fronts of care, and who represents the primary contact of people, households and communities with well being programs, normally on the first degree of care.
On the world degree, the United Nations Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs), specifically SDG 3, which seeks to “Guarantee wholesome lives and promote well-being for everybody”, name for the adoption of formidable and efficient public insurance policies. The proof amassed on the world degree signifies that international locations with well being programs based mostly on Major Well being Care (PHC) and arranged in complete and built-in well being networks (RIISS) have a better likelihood of attaining higher well being outcomes.
Likewise, these programs which can be organized round individuals with household well being fashions, the place well being professionals, the inhabitants and the territory are strongly aligned, usually tend to obtain more healthy and extra protected lives.
Well being programs with robust main care entrust common practitioners with the problem-solving capability of their programs, strengthening their diagnostic capabilities, reinforcing their powers to resolve the commonest well being issues and producing efficient referral and counter-referral channels.
In lots of international locations, common and household physicians are key to organizing the well being response on the inhabitants degree, providing native and decisive options. Nevertheless, the evaluation of the doc reveals limitations within the competencies, features and powers of common physicians, which negatively impacts the problem-solving capability of the primary degree of care and generates an overload on the specialised degree.
These restrictions additionally contribute to specialised and subspecialized care turning into the gateway to the well being system, with implications by way of prices and focus of companies in developed city areas. It is a strategic situation that deserves particular consideration and which the doc addresses in depth.
Figuring out these issues and addressing them collectively is crucial to discovering efficient options. “On the Pan American Well being Group (PAHO), we reaffirm our dedication to advance actions that contribute to enhancing the well being of the Colombian inhabitants. We invite everybody to learn this doc rigorously and to take part within the development of agreements and concrete measures that reinforce the position of common physicians, enhance their working situations and evaluate coaching applications to make sure their competence,” mentioned the PAHO/WHO consultant in Colombia, Dr. Gina Tambini Gómez.
The presentation of the doc was attended by outstanding leaders within the discipline of well being, together with Dr. Gabriel Carrasquilla Gutiérrez, President of the Nationwide Academy of Medication, and Dr. José María Maya Mejía, Rector of the CES College. Additionally current have been members of the Academy and Dr. Mario Torres Calixto, who has acted as Common Editor of the doc.
Dr. Tambini congratulated and thanked all these concerned within the creation of the experiences, particularly Dr. Mario Torres Calixto and his workforce, speech therapist Laura Ariza, the Editorial Committee, Richard Aguirre Fernández for the proofreading and Silvia Carolina López Sánchez for the design and structure; in addition to Mónica Padilla, from the OPS workforce, for her contribution to the joint development train.
