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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Introduction

At the end of this academic year Family medicine in Bosnia Herzegovina have a lot of new specialists who start to work in different part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the same time many doctors have finished final exam after retraining program, therefore in this year  family medicine has been implemented widely in practice. Health insurance, financing and payment system still do not   follows development of family medicine in practice and education.  There is still strong resist to accept family medicine as distinct and independence clinical discipline.

Undergraduate education

New curriculum in Medical faculties in four University centres in Bosnia Herzegovina (Sarajevo, Tuzla, Banja Luka, Mostar) has been accepted. Family medicine becomes the main clinical independence discipline  for students in 6th.year. Additionally EURACT members accomplished to introduce family medicine as  elective subject in early stage of study. Still there is   continuing trend to increase number of students in all faculties, therefore we need many teachers in family medicine. University's payment system does not support this trend.

Postgraduate specialist training

A specialisation program in family medicine is going on successfully in   all universities.  This month new generation (52 residents) start    to learn family medicine according to the accepted   plan and program of specialisation. New   teaching sites (satellite teaching centres) have been open. FMDs in all university are trying to keep international collaboration in all educational activities.

Postgraduate study in family medicine

There is not any change since last report.

Continuing medical education

There is not any change since last report.

What I have done in my country as EURACT member?

During last year my activity as a representative of Bosnia Herzegovina was:

To spread translated booklet WONCA  “The European definition of GP/FM” to all doctors in FM practice and to Departments of Family medicine in Bosnia Herzegovina.

To introduce national network for research.

To support and to lead the group of family medicine doctors as participants for introduce Bosnia and Herzegovina in WONCA conference in Ljubljana.

To establish undergraduate curriculum for family medicine.