Family and Community Medicine

The formation planning is adapted to the guidelines given by the Official Programme of the Specialty
(POE). Within its accomplishment there are slight variations depending on the Health Department
according to material resources, services and personnel.

The formation planning consists of:

- Rotations in the different service of Primary Care, hospitals and department assistants.
- Internal rotations or elective rotations.
- Courses imparted by the Teaching Unit that approach the different competences reflected on the
POE.
- Projects requested by the Teaching Unit in accordance to these courses.

In addition, the residents receive courses from each Health Department and other voluntary training
activities.

All this information and the reflections of learning are captured by filling in their Book of Specialist in
Formation (LEF), which is revised by the quarterly interviews by the main tutor.

With certain variations amongst Departments, according to the contrast of evaluations of rotations, the
distribution of rotations and duration of those, the relation is:

First year

Emergency department: 0.5 – 1 month (if it includes the initiation course)

Family Medicine and Primary Care: 4 months
Internal Medicine: 2-3 months
Neurology: 1.5 months
Cardiology: 1-1.5 months
Pneumology: 0-1 months
Digestive Medicine: 1-1.5 months

Second year

Endocrinology: 1 month
Ophthalmology: 1 month
Otorhinolaryngology: 1 month
Child and teenage care: Paediatrics in Healthcare Centre: 1.5-2 months
Optional Hospital Paediatrics (emergency): 0-0.5 month

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Rural Medicine Primary Care (CSM): 3 months
Women care: Gynaecology 2 months and Sexual and Reproductive Health 1 month

Third year

Home Hospital: 1 month

Musculoskeletal System: Rheumatology-Rehabilitation-Orthopaedics: 1.5 months
Urology: 0.5-1 month
Dermatology: 1.5-2 months
Mental Health. Addictive Behaviour Unit: 3 months
Elective rotations/external rotations: 3 months

Fourth year

Family Medicine and Primary Care: 11 months

Monthly on duty shifts: The Teaching Board establishes an average of 5 on call shifts per month with
the following distribution:

- From R1 to R3: 4 shifts in the hospital and 1 shift in Primary Care.

During the shifts in the hospital: 11 shifts in Musculoskeletal (R2), 11 shifts in Paediatrics (after
having done the rotation) and 6 shifts in Gynaecology (or emergency rotation) (variations depending
on the hospital).
- In R4: 4 shifts in Primary Care and 1 shift in Hospital/SAMU alternate months. (SAMU: Urgent
Medical Assistance Services).

Vanessa Carratalá Pastor, sworn translator and interpreter of the English language,
certifies that the following translation is a true and accurate translation of the
planning of formation.

This translation has two numbered pages, dated, signed and stamped by the sworn
translator and interpreter with register number TIJ- 9556. A copy of the original
document is attached, dated and stamped by the sworn translator and interpreter.

In Alicante, 28th January 2022