What Is
Family Medicine?
Out of all the branches of medicine, doctors
and physicians dealing in family medicine deal with the most patients on a
day-to-day basis because they deal with the widest range of patients, of all
ages and genders, as well as a range of different illnesses. They can be
considered as the front line of the healthcare services industry. Family
medicine doctors, therefore, have a huge responsibility in diagnosing and
treating patients, irrespective of whether the scope of the illness diagnosed
falls into their area of specialty or not.
Family medicine specialists are also aware of
the medical histories of all their patients and keep track of their patients’
general health by performing regular health checkups. In the case of illnesses
that fall beyond their scope, family medicine doctors refer their patients to
specialists who possess greater experience and expertise at treating a
particular type of illness. For instance, if a patient is diagnosed to have a
skin issue, a family medicine doctor will either proceed to treat or prescribe
medicines for the illness themselves or will refer them to a dermatologist
(whose expertise involves dealing only with skin problems). Upon consulting the
dermatologist, if that patient is diagnosed as having skin cancer, the dermatologist
will then refer the patient to an oncologist (whose expertise is solely in
cancer).
What Is
Unique About Family Medicine?
The thing that sets family medicine
specialists apart from other doctors is that these doctors have a close
relationship with their patients, in that they are well aware of their –
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Patient’s complete medical
history,
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Allergies,
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Side effects to common medicines,
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Likes/dislikes, etc.
This offers them a deeper insight into the
right way to prescribe medications and treat patients under their care. In
fact, when a patient goes to a specialist for treatment, the specialist
(whether he/she is an oncologist, ob-gyn, ophthalmologist, dermatologist, or
otherwise) will often consult the patient’s family doctor to get to know about
the patient’s medical history in detail. The job of a family medicine doctor is
therefore incredibly important in administering effective healthcare that is
designed to diagnose, prescribe medication, and treat patients in the best
possible manner.
As far as the main responsibilities of doctors
and physicians specializing in family medicine go, they include –
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Undertaking preventative care
(including nutritional advise, fitness consulting, stress and anger management,
etc)
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Diagnosing and treating common
illnesses (including everything from skin problems, colds, coughs, fevers,
headaches, body pains, etc)
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Keeping track of a patient’s
medical history
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Identifying and diagnosing
emerging conditions promptly and referring such patients to specialists (so
that these patients may receive specialized treatment as soon as possible and
have the best chances of recovering quicker)
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Diagnosing chronic illnesses
(eczema, asthma, diabetes, heart disease, etc).
Specialist doctors very often rely on the
opinions of family health care doctors in deciding the most suitable mode of
treatment for their patients. In the absence of such an opinion, such doctors
have to rely completely on tests and prolonged examinations, which take a lot
of time and delay treatment further. Patients will family health care doctors,
therefore, receive quicker treatments than those whose medical history is not
being tracked and is vastly unknown.
Scope
Of Attending Family Medicine Conferences
If you are a family health care doctor or
someone who intends on becoming one, then the best way for you to further your
knowledge and expand your expertise would be to take part in an upcoming family
medicine conference, where renowned family medicine specialists and veterans
with years of experience in treating and researching common diseases and
illness will be present.
These professionals will offer their expertise
on everything from –
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How to maintain a successful
family medicine practice,
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How to keep track of the latest
family medicine trends, therapies, and treatments,
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The right way to maintain patient
history,
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The latest diagnostic techniques,
treatment approaches, and medicinal strategies, as well as,
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Insight into some of the most
profound and revealing case studies from global family medicine..
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By subscribing to these alerts, one can rest
assured that they will receive instant notifications on all their favorite
Family Medicine Conferences, as and when they are scheduled to take place, so
that they may be able to register before anyone else and book the best seats at
these world-class events.
