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Liberty, equity and fraternity after the history of family medicine

WednesdayJuly 1st8:00 - 9:00253

Josep VILASECA, Jose-Miguel BUENO-ORTIZ and Alexandra STANESCU

The development of family medicine in the 21st century towards the goals of liberty, equity and fraternity can use the lessons learned after the previous work of outstanding physicians of the past. If we do not know where we come from and what are the challenges faced by our predecessors, we are at risk of committing again the same mistakes rather than using their expertise.To illustrate with some examples the achievement of liberty, equity and fraternity after the lives of outstanding physicians, as follows:  – Julian Tudor Hart: the inverse care law; research in primary care; working with the deprived populations (fraternity)  – Barbara Starfield: the features of primary health care (equity)  – David Sackett: evidence based medicine (equity)  – Archibald Cochrane: effectiveness and efficiency (equity, fraternity). War volunteer (liberty)  – Albert Schweitzer: international cooperation (liberty, equity, fraternity)  To identify the challenges in the present time related to liberty, equity and fraternity, in Europe and abroad.  To suggest strategies to combat the obstacles to reach liberty, equity, and fraternityBrief lecture summarising the main achievements of outstanding physicians of the 20th century and introduction of the exercise: 15 minutes  Exercise: identifying the current challenges related to liberty, equity and fraternity in our context, and drawing an action plan to overcome them. 20 minutes  Group discussions: 20 minutes  Conclusions by the presenters: 5 minutesTo develop skills to identify the challenges on liberty, equity and fraternity in a geographical context and in the present or near future.  To suggest some tools to leverage the actions in favour of liberty, equity and fraternity  To draw an action plan to achieve liberty, equity and fraternity in Europe by the year 2030The existing challenges on liberty, equity and fraternity in Europe should be identified. A helpful tool for counteracting them are the lessons learned from the outstanding physicians of the past. Reflection and action are needed. A new vision of history can enlighten the future.