Research applied to the territory from Family Medicine

Abstract

In the context of the pre-summit and the VII Ibero-American Family Medicine Summit, held in Cali, Colombia on March 13 and 14, 2018, the research group and the Ibero-American Family Medicine Network (IBIMEFA) with the objective of identifying the perceptions of family doctors graduated and in process of formation of Ibero-America, on the conditions they have to develop applied research to the territory, carried out an exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional study in the member countries of the Ibero-American Confederation of Family Medicine (CIMF)). For the collection of information, a survey was designed with 51 items, whose content was validated by the working group. The instrument was stored in Google Drive and its dissemination through virtual media. A response was obtained from 277 people, representatives from 16 countries of Ibero-America in which it was found that there is interest and potential within the group of the IBIMEFA Network, to carry out studies with the research focus applied to the territory, although time difficulties must be overcome and funding to achieve it, as well as finding strategies that allow cooperative work to consolidate the Network.