Education with mobile simulation training (SIM Mobile) as a response to demands of nursing homes and primary health care

The Center for Family Medicine was established under the Faculty of Medicine, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje in 2010, as education and research unit of the faculty, with specific scope of work related to family medicine and holding the Family Medicine Chair of the Medical faculty. Тasks and responsibilities of the Center for family medicine include providing education and training for undergraduate students at 5th and 6th year of medical studies, graduate students at master and doctoral level and theoretical and practical training for residents in family medicine specialization as well as organizing continual medical education for chosen doctors. Also, we are involving in preparing curricula supported by UNDP and running special short training education of medical and nonmedical staff in nursing homes. Center for family medicine is actively involved in reforms of primary health care and nursing education working together with Ministry of health, Health insurance found and Medical chamber, supported by the WHO. The current staff of the Center is 1 Professor and 1 administrative staff employed at the Faculty of Medicine, as well as 100 educators and 80 mentors involved in practical and theoretical teaching. They are distributed in different towns in Macedonia so the education is organized closed to the place of living and working of GPs. In this moment we have two Masters of Sciences, 2 PhD and seven PhD fellows engaged in national and international scientific research projects