Laura Daniela Saza Salas, July Andrea Hernandez Rincon, Erwin Hernando Hernandez Rincon, Mauricio Fernando Ulloa Rodriguez, Diana Marcela Diaz Quijano, Claudia Liliana Jaimes Peñuela
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Abstract
Objective: To map the available evidence on the competencies of family physicians in primary healthcare (PHC).
Design: A scoping review was conducted following the methodology of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The results were grouped into thematic categories and reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines.
Eligibility criteria: Include documents published from 2010 to 2025 in English, Spanish and Portuguese that were available in full text and responded to the research question.
Information sources: Using PubMed, LILACS and Scopus databases. The snowball methodology was employed to expand the search.
Results: A total of 1754 studies were identified, and several competencies were grouped into eight categories: communication, knowledge management, health promotion, information and communications technology, clinical and administrative management, community-oriented and public health-oriented care, teaching and research, focused on PHC. A set of interrelated components enriches each category.
Conclusions: Although the competency-based approach is not new, this review provides an updated and integrated framework that highlights eight interrelated competency domains essential for family physicians in PHC. The findings support its use in curriculum development, professional evaluation and future research aimed at strengthening primary care systems through a more strategic and people-centred workforce.
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Family Medicine and Community Health (FMCH) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal focusing on the topics of family medicine, general practice and community health. FMCH strives to be a leading international journal that promotes ‘Health Care for All’ through disseminating novel knowledge and best practices in primary care, family medicine, and community health. FMCH publishes original research, review, methodology, commentary, reflection, and case-study from the lens of population health. FMCH’s Asian Focus section features reports of family medicine development in the Asia-pacific region. FMCH aims to be an exemplary forum for the timely communication of medical knowledge and skills with the goal of promoting improved health care through the practice of family and community-based medicine globally. FMCH aims to serve a diverse audience including researchers, educators, policymakers and leaders of family medicine and community health. We also aim to provide content relevant for researchers working on population health, epidemiology, public policy, disease control and management, preventative medicine and disease burden. FMCH does not impose any article processing charges (APC) or submission charges.
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