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

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 s...

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Main Authors:	Widyahening, Indah S, Thuraiappah, Daniel M, Tin, Myo Han, Vidiawati, Dhanasari
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BioMed Central The Open Access Publisher 2014
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-406232017-09-19T03:17:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40623/ Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities? Widyahening, Indah S Thuraiappah, Daniel M Tin, Myo Han Vidiawati, Dhanasari RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine 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. BioMed Central The Open Access Publisher 2014-12-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40623/1/TIN.pdf Widyahening, Indah S and Thuraiappah, Daniel M and Tin, Myo Han and Vidiawati, Dhanasari (2014) Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities? Asia Pacific Family Medicine Journal, 13 (16). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1447-056X http://www.apfmj.com/content/pdf/s12930-014-0016-x.pdf 10.1186/s12930-014-0016-x
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Widyahening, Indah S Thuraiappah, Daniel M Tin, Myo Han Vidiawati, Dhanasari Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?
description	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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author	Widyahening, Indah S Thuraiappah, Daniel M Tin, Myo Han Vidiawati, Dhanasari
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title	Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?
title_short	Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?
title_full	Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?
title_fullStr	Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?
title_full_unstemmed	Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?
title_sort	indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?
publisher	BioMed Central The Open Access Publisher
publishDate	2014
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Indonesian primary care physicians profile in 2011: did practicing hours and conversion program for family medicine differentiate their services and continuing medical education activities?

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