General Medicine is a unique specialty, providing person-centered, ongoing, integrated and coordinated health care to individuals and families in the community. Strict scientific medical education and the ability to apply guidelines appropriately to the needs of the community puts General Medicine at the center of an effective Primary Health Care system. These same qualities - when combined with the holistic philosophy of the specialty and the broad general practice, distinguish the specialty of General Medicine to a large extent from other medical specialties.

As a sector, General / Family Medicine is the foundation of an effective health care system. The needs, values ​​and desired results for the patient's health always remain at the center of the evaluation and management procedures of the general practitioner. General practitioners are not limited by age, gender, body system, or disease process. The scope of clinical practice is prevention, health promotion, timely intervention for those at risk and the management of acute, chronic or complex conditions of the population either at home, in the clinic, hospital or community.

Diagnostic and therapeutic skills: High level diagnostic and therapeutic skills of general practitioners applied in the context of continuing to build cost-effective relationships, care that is highly valued by patients. General practitioners specialize in managing uncertainty, undifferentiated disease, and complexity and are able to use the best guidelines in the light of individual circumstances, and engage with patients and their families in understanding, planning, and managing their health according to individual abilities.

The General Practitioner manages at the same time acute and chronic health problems of his patients, while at the same time promoting the health and well-being of the community through appropriate and effective interventions of preventive medicine, occupational medicine and health-promoting treatment.