title: [A general practitioners' program for primary care in Chile].
abstract: The public health system in Chile does not have a comprehensive development policy for physician resources in primary care, so there is currently a significant deficit of hours for medical care. The article contains a proposal for a "General Program for Primary Care Physicians", which aims to reduce the gap of general practitioners and specialists in primary care. The program proposes to integrate newly graduated physicians to work in the public medical offices with the subsequent possibility of applying for a scholarship specialty, and consecutively a return period as a specialist in the public health network. The immediate implementation of this program is perfectly feasible given the current availability of doctors, over 1400 medical graduates from universities.
authors.affiliation: Agrupación Nacional de Médicos de Atención Primaria, Chile. Address: José Manuel Infante 548, Providencia, Santiago, Chile. Email: camilobass@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Germán Camilo
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Bass del Campo
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011634:Public Health; D013038:Specialization
keywords: general practice physician; primary health care; public health administration