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Workforce issues of general practice in a developing country: Pakistan.
Faridah Amin1, Saniya Sabzwari2
1MBBS, FCPS (Family Medicine), MSc Clin Res, MRCGP UK-INT, PhD, Asst Professor and Head of Family Medicine, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. faridah.amin@lnh.edu.pk.
Australian Journal of General Practice
|September 25, 2018
Summary
Developing a skilled general practitioner (GP) workforce in Pakistan is crucial for primary care reform. This involves stakeholder collaboration, integrated undergraduate education, and postgraduate training to address the nation's health challenges.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare reform
- Primary care development
- General practice specialty
Background:
- Pakistan faces a dual burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
- Healthcare reform is essential to address these health issues.
- The 'family medicine approach' to primary care requires a trained general practitioner (GP) workforce.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the challenges in developing trained GPs in Pakistan.
- To propose solutions for building a GP workforce for primary care.
Main Methods:
- Stakeholder involvement and organizational collaboration.
- Integration of family medicine into undergraduate curriculum.
- Enhancing postgraduate training and capacity-building for GPs.
Main Results:
- General practice is a recently recognized specialty in Pakistan.
- Developing a trained GP workforce is essential but challenging.
- Success stories exist in both developed and developing countries.
Conclusions:
- Key strategies include stakeholder engagement and curriculum integration.
- Postgraduate training and on-the-job capacity-building are vital.
- Standardization and accreditation of training sites via public-private partnerships are recommended.
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