Course title: Clinical Practice in Primary Health Care (PHC) 

Website (for UoC members only): https://eschool.med.uoc.gr/course/view.php?id=87

Faculty in charge: Professor A. Philalithis & Professor C. Lionis, 

Instructors: A. Koutis, A. Markaki, E. Markatzi, K. Sarri and participating clinical site instructors

Course objectives:

Sixth-year medical students are expected to:

1) Identify and manage the most common chronic diseases or frequent conditions encountered in primary health care settings

2) Exhibit professional inter-personal communication skills and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and their families or caregivers

3) Become familiar with the methodology of health needs assessment

4) Become familiar with the interdisciplinary patient-centered approach

Course content: 

• Diagnosis, therapy and management of the most frequently encountered reasons for visiting a PHC setting – Management of multi-morbidity
• Health promotion and disease prevention services
• Psychosocial determinants affecting the health status of PHC patients and their families
• Urgent cases presenting in PHC settings
• Interdisciplinary team-working
• Use of a holistic, integrative approach to conduct a group case-study