Švab Igor, Katić Milica
University of Ljubljana Medical faculty, Department of family medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Department of family medicine, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb.
Acta Med Acad. 2014;43(1):30-4. doi: 10.5644/ama2006-124.97.
The paper describes experiences in the development of an international textbook of family medicine. The process of its development has started in Slovenia, where the Slovenian authors have written a textbook, adhering strictly to the European definition of family medicine and its core competencies. The format and the approach were also adopted by Croatian authors, who have used most of the material from the Slovenian book, but have modified some of the chapters according to the situation in the country and have added some of their own. This activity has created an opportunity for a truly international collaboration in the area of education of family medicine, with a creation of an international consortium, which would be responsible for the core content of the book and local adaptations of the book according to the specificities and needs of different countries.
This innovative approach in the development of teaching material may be interesting for a variety of smaller countries in Europe and worldwide.
本文描述了一本国际家庭医学教科书的编写历程。其编写工作始于斯洛文尼亚，斯洛文尼亚作者严格依据欧洲家庭医学定义及其核心能力编写了一本教科书。克罗地亚作者采用了相同的格式和方法，他们借鉴了斯洛文尼亚书籍的大部分内容，但根据本国情况对部分章节进行了修改，并增添了一些自己的内容。这一活动为家庭医学教育领域的真正国际合作创造了契机，成立了一个国际财团，负责该书的核心内容以及根据不同国家的特点和需求对书籍进行本地化改编。
这种编写教材的创新方法可能会引起欧洲及全球众多较小国家的兴趣。
