Training

Year of family medicine established: 1972 (Arya, Neil, et al., 2017)

Type of Training: Residency Program (Arya et al., 2017) 

Length of Training: Training consists of 6 years of Medical School8 followed by 4 years of a Residency Program (Arya et al., 2017)

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: Argentinian medical schools are longer, as many individuals from high school go straight to medical school. In their third year of medical school, family medicine is incorporated (WHO). 

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: 80% of individuals receive residency training; on average 86.47% of medical trainees (294) receive residency training (WHO).

practice

Number of family doctors: A vast majority of primary care is done by family physicians (78.38%) (WHO)

Physician to population ratio: On average, the ratio of family physicians to patients is 390.7 per 100,000 people (World Bank).

DALY: 25,544 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 72.1 years

• Males 2017: 67.0 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 149 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 80 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 83%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• NO

training

In Argentina, it is possible to enter into medical school immediately after high school, thus the medical program is longer; consisting of 6 years of medical school followed by 4 years of a residency program (Arya et al., 2017). An individual who wishes to pursue higher education in Argentina has 39 national (public) universities, 42 private universities, 1 foreign university, 1 provincial university, 1 international university, 6 national higher education institutes and 14 private higher education institutes to choose from. Of these, the Catholic University of Cordoba, the Healthcare Sciences University Institute, the National University of Cordoba, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and Adventist University Silver have medicine programs (Edarabia, 2019).

practice

Argentina also has internists (13.51%), pediatricians (7.21%), and nurse practitioners, as well as physician assistants (42.85%) (WHO). Primary care is termed as “Atencion primaria de la salud APS”. As programs continue; however, many residents show less interest in primary care (Del Carmen Gayol, Carrera, Mancia) (Arya et al., 2017). In Argentina, family physicians work in a community and follow a family model of health delivery in basic teams. They act as gatekeepers; they are the first contact providers of health care systems (WHO). In Argentina, family physicians work in a community and act in a family model of health delivery in basic teams.