training

Year family medicine was established: 2005 (rural) 2012 (urban) (Abyad et al., 2007)

Type of Training: Residency or Master’s Program (personal interview, 2018)

Length of Training: 3 years (personal interview, 2018)

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: At least 2 (personal interview, 2018)

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: 5-8 per program (personal interview, 2018)

practice

Family doctor to patients ratio: 40-50 patients per doctor per day (personal interview, 2018)

Physician to population ratio: 45 per 100,000 people (International Statistics, n.d.).

DALY: 17,517 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 77.3 years

• Males 2017: 75.1 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 98 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 59 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 99%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• NO

Training:

Training is three years in length through a Master's of public health then clinical work for rotations after completing residency exam. There are approximately 5-8 residency graduates per year per program. Overall, there are approximately 2 schools that provide training, namely they are, Shiraz Medical School, and Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The medical school training in this country is separated into two years of basic sciences followed by 5 years of medical sciences.

practice

Family physicians and general practitioners are the two primary health care providers in Iran (personal interview, 2018). Family doctors place a great deal of emphasis on disease prevention, perform routine check-ups and are responsible for the overall health of their patients (personal interview, 2018). They are considered gatekeepers as a referral system is in place in Iran (2018). Currently, the model of primary care is community-based, greater emphasis is slowly being placed on preventative medicine (2018). Family medicine in Iran is a very recent development; as time goes on, professionals are hoping that is value will be made clear and will result in further support and more rapid development (2018).