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ArticleZdravstveno varstvo2024

The Evolution and Challenges of Academic Family Medicine: Insights from the Banja Luka Declaration.

Aleksander Stepanović, Igor Švab, Biljana Đukić, Ranko Škrbić

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Article in Zdravstveno varstvo, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Aleksander StepanovićUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4155-0001
Igor ŠvabUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1303-4974
Biljana ĐukićUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7396-7030
Ranko ŠkrbićUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Banja Luka 78000, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6643-1781

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Academic medicine encompasses education, research and clinical practice, and plays a crucial role in advancing medical science and training physicians. However, the field faces a crisis, with fewer graduates pursuing academic careers. Family medicine emerged as an academic discipline in the second half of the 20th century, contributing significantly to science and primary healthcare. Despite its recognised status, the World Health Organization has yet to formally define it as an academic discipline. Nevertheless, the discipline must continually update its academic dimension in order to address future challenges. The international conference in Banja Luka, attended by deans or representatives of Medical Faculties in Southeast Europe, emphasized family medicine's role in primary healthcare and academic medicine, adopting the Banja Luka Declaration to promote family medicine as an independent academic discipline. The conference aims to inspire global support for family medicine as an academic discipline.

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Academic medicineakademska medicinadejavnostdružinska medicinaFamily medicineosnovna zdravstvenaPrimary healthcareSoutheast EuropeSZOWHO

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