Oceania
Family medicine and its training is quite established in the Oceanic countries. However, family medicine in this region is not called family medicine, but is called “general practice”. This sector of medicine involves ultimately the exact same training and practice procedures as what is called “family medicine” in much of the western world. For all of these countries, high school education is required, in addition to an undergraduate degree in some regions before acceptance into medical school. The length of medical school varies from 4-6 years and is followed by a residency program for general practice. Most countries have a 3-4-year residency for a general practitioner. Unfortunately for Tonga, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, no information on medical education could be found.