CERTIFICATE IN FAMILY MEDICINE

Family Medicine at MGA Medical Global Academy is a broad-based course for healthcare professionals offering them the knowledge and clinical skills necessary to deliver comprehensive, lifelong and patient-centred care across all age groups. Family medicine is a branch of medicine that emphasizes prevention, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care for all types of acute and chronic illnesses and disorders in a holistic way, with special attention to continuity of care and community health. This is a mix of medical knowledge, and clinical training in outpatient and primary care settings to prepare students to treat common medical conditions, preventive care, lifestyle diseases, and community-based health issues. Participants develop a knowledge base in chronic care management, women’s health, pediatrics, geriatrics, mental health, emergency medicine and preventive medicine. Other important aspects of the curriculum that are also communicated are communication, evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, and multidisciplinary approaches to healthcare in modern family practice. As access to primary health services expands globally, family medicine health care providers are an important component of increasing the health of communities and providing a range of medical services in both urban and rural health care.

Outcome

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Know the concepts and range of family medicine / primary healthcare

• Conduct thorough patient evaluations, history taking and clinical evaluations.

• Recognise and treat routine acute and chronic medical conditions in the out-of-hospital context.

• Use preventative health measures, such as screening, immunisations and lifestyle advice

• Handle chronic illnesses, like diabetes, hypertension, asthma and heart and blood vessel ailment

• Deliver patient-centred care to all the age groups, pediatric, adult and geriatric.

• Understand and address common mental health disorders in primary care.

• Manage common emergencies and acute presentations in Primary Care.

• Carry out office based clinical procedures and diagnostic testing

• Encourage community health, health education, and evidence-based clinical decision making

Career Opportunities

This qualification provides a wide choice of employment possibilities in Primary and Community Medicine such as:

• Family Medicine Practitioner / Clinical Associate

• Support roles within Primary Care Physicians.

• Healthcare Professional – Out Patient Department (OPD)

• Community Healthcare and Preventive Medicine Specialist.

• Program Manager for the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Program.CDM Program Manager.

• Rural and Urban Healthcare Practitioner

• Clinical Research Associate in Primary Care and Family Medicine

• Healthcare Professional in Hospitals, Clinics, Community Health Centers and Telemedicine Platforms

• Mr. Greening also has a background in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, where he served as a Medical Advisor in organizations.

• Opportunities within public health programs, NGOs, and preventive health care programs.

As the world increasingly looks at the prevention of diseases, chronic disease management and accessible community based healthcare services, trained professionals in family medicine are sought after in both hospital and clinical settings, rural healthcare, public health organizations, and multidisciplinary healthcare services.