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Family Practice 2004 21(5):477-478; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh501
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Family Practice Vol. 21, No. 5 © Oxford University Press 2004, all rights reserved.

Editorial

Developing academic careers in family medicine within the Mediterranean setting

Christos Lionisa, Francesco Carellib and Jean Karl Solerc

a Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion City, PO Box 2208, Crete, Greece; E-mail: lionis@galinos.med.uoc.gr b Italian College of General Practitioners, 20123 Milan, Italy; E-mail: carfra@tin.it c The Family Practice, Triq ir-Rand, Attard BZN13, Malta; E-mail: jsoler@synapse

Received 29 October 2003; Accepted 17 May 2004.

Lionis C, Carelli F and Soler JK. Developing academic careers in family medicine within the Mediterranean setting. Family Practice 2004; 21: 477–478.

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In many parts of the world, developments in teaching and research in the domain of family medicine have contributed to its recognition as an academic discipline. However, the discipline is still developing and would benefit from better support to increase capacity.1 In addition, family medicine also seeks full academic recognition in several European countries, and this seems to be more evident in the Mediterranean setting.2 Colleges and research networks in Southern Europe are struggling to attract the necessary support and resources to flourish and to see family medicine develop as an independent academic discipline. This is in contrast to Western and Northern Europe, where research capacity has been developing for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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