Primary Care Day: challenging times I
SessionChairs: Esther Metting (Groningen, Netherlands), Andrew Whittamore (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Aims: The following challenges in primary care will be discussed: getting the right diagnosis; assessing the whole patient, especially in cases of multiple morbidities; changing patient behaviour (adherence, smoking); dealing with changing systems/organisations; and getting our head around the future (particularly with regard to personalised medicine). This first session of the ERS Primary Care day addresses three common challenge that we face in daily practice.