Twenty-five years on: revisiting Bosnia and Herzegovina after implementation of a family medicine development program.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The wars that ravaged the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990's resulted in the near destruction of the healthcare system, including education of medical students and the training of specialist physicians. In the latter stages of the war, inspired by Family Medicine programs in countries such as Canada, plans to rebuild a new system founded on a strong primary care model emerged. Over the next fifteen years, the Queen's University Family Medicine Development Program in Bosnia and Herzegovina played an instrumental role in rebuilding the primary care system through educational initiatives at the undergraduate, residency, Masters, PhD, and continuing professional development levels. Changes were supported by new laws and regulations to insure sustainability

SUBMITTER: Hodgetts G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6958717 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature