2023-09-02 10:00:00
On the second day of the XXV Conference of Family and General Medicine and the XI Conference of the Family Medicine Service, the health teams continue their training in which, among other speakers, Dr. Karin Kopitowski spoke.
It is not the first time that the specialist visits the province to participate in the Family Medicine Conference. Dr. Karin Kopitowski is an important and outstanding speaker who participates every year in this event.
“Luckily they invite me every year, except in the pandemic, I have come uninterruptedly and I see a very thriving and consolidated family medicine team despite the difficulties”, this is how this doctor who is head of the Family and Community Medicine Service of the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, and professor at the National University of La Matanza.
Kopitowski said that he sees the scientific papers presented by the residents and notices a growth in scientific production, “although there is still a lack of progress, the methodological progress that has occurred is very interesting and that is very noticeable.”
Together with Dr. Alcalá, they spoke regarding a group of drugs that are not so new, “although they are expensive, they are revolutionizing the treatment of diabetes, especially in patients with vascular and renal disease.
The professional indicated that it is important that doctors are updated regarding the indications and advantages of these drugs and see the feasibility that they can be implemented, “I think this is a novelty for many people.”
Regarding a description of her specialty, the professional indicated that a family doctor is one who sees the person holistically, and that it is also known that a well-trained family doctor can solve eighty percent of the things that happen to them. to a person throughout life.
“That is why the importance of training in social, contextual, family, economic aspects, taking into account the biography. I always say, people have a medical history, but also a biography, take away the CT scanner, but do not take away the possibility of accumulated knowledge of a person’s history, one knows a patient over time,” he said.
Finally, he indicated that this type of conference contributes not only to training but also to making the specialty visible.
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