UEMO Hosts 3rd European Alliance Meeting in Brussels to Advance Family Medicine Recognition and Workforce Development

On February 27, UEMO President Tiago Villanueva and UEMO Secretary General Catarina Matias hosted representatives in the UEMO office in Brussels from WONCA Europe, EURACT, UEMS (Nada Cikes), European Commission (Petronille Bogaert), and European Parliament (MEP Tilly Metz) at the 3rd meeting of the European Alliance for Primary-Care Workforce Development, an informal group of European family medicine organizations. The topics discussed included advances in the recognition of Family Medicine as a specialty in Europe, European Parliament health workforce report, lobbying in European institutions, engagement with European stakeholders, and development of a European Training Requirement (ETR) for general practice/family medicine.