Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: Did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?

Q1 Medicine Asia Pacific Family Medicine Pub Date : 2014-12-20 eCollection Date: 2014-01-01 DOI:10.1186/s12930-014-0016-x
Indah S Widyahening, Daniel M Thuraiappah, Tin Myo Han, Dhanasari Vidiawati
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Background: In Indonesia, Family Medicine as a discipline is being developed through short courses since 12 years ago. A conversion program to become Family Physicians has been introduced recently. Among the 70,000 primary care physicians there are variety of practitioners, from new interns who start general practice to senior general practitioners. This study aims to describe the current Indonesian Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) profile which includes services provided and facilities as well as comparing the profile according to participation in the conversion program and practice hours.

Methods: A survey was carried out by using pre-tested, semi-structured and self-administered questionnaire among Indonesian primary care physicians (PCPs) who attended ASEAN Regional Primary Care Conference in Jakarta, November 2011. The survey elicited information regarding their practice environment, services provided, equipment, investigations provided, procedures, facilities and continuing medical education (CME) activities.

Results: Out of 240 PCPs participated, 65.4% (157/240) of them were family physicians and 67.1% (161/240) of them were full time practitioners (practice > 30 hours per week). Services like body mass index (BMI) measurement, substance abuse program, respiratory function test, mental health assessment, and cardiovascular assessment were provided by less than 50% of the PCPs as well as some investigations like electrocardiograph (ECG), proctoscopy, ultrasound, visual examination and funduscopy. Family Physicians significantly provided more house call services (77% vs 63%; p = 0.01), than those who are not. No other significant difference was found in the practice of the family physicians compare to non-family physicians.

Conclusions: The Indonesian PCPs were lacking in the provision of some particular medical procedures, management and follows up of acute and chronic conditions, and preventive medicine and health education. Improvement of primary health care has been seen globally as necessary effort in health systems reform and this information could provide guidance toward the efforts to improve the quality of primary care physicians in Indonesia.

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2011年印度尼西亚初级保健医生简介:家庭医学的执业时间和转换计划是否使他们的服务和继续医学教育活动有所不同?
背景:在印度尼西亚,家庭医学作为一门学科从12年前开始通过短期课程发展起来。最近推出了一项成为家庭医生的转换计划。在7万名初级保健医生中,有各种各样的医生,从开始全科医生的新实习生到高级全科医生。本研究旨在描述当前印尼初级保健医生(pcp)的概况,其中包括提供的服务和设施,并根据参与转换计划和实践时间对概况进行比较。方法:对参加2011年11月在雅加达举行的东盟地区初级保健会议的印尼初级保健医生(pcp)采用预试、半结构化和自填问卷进行调查。调查获得了关于他们的执业环境、提供的服务、设备、提供的检查、程序、设施和继续医学教育(CME)活动的信息。结果:参与调查的240名pcp中,65.4%(157/240)为家庭医生,67.1%(161/240)为全职执业医师(每周执业时间> 30小时)。不到50%的pcp提供身体质量指数(BMI)测量、药物滥用计划、呼吸功能测试、心理健康评估和心血管评估等服务,以及心电图(ECG)、直肠镜检查、超声波、视觉检查和眼底检查等一些调查。家庭医生提供更多上门服务(77%对63%;P = 0.01)。与非家庭医生相比,家庭医生在实践中没有发现其他显著差异。结论:印尼pcp在提供一些特殊医疗程序、急慢性疾病的管理和随访、预防医学和健康教育方面存在不足。改善初级卫生保健已被全球视为卫生系统改革的必要努力,这些信息可以为提高印度尼西亚初级保健医生质量的努力提供指导。
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