Family doctor

Family doctor

From Suara Karya

Suara Karya's editorial on June 25, 1994 entitled Challenges
to doctors indirectly supports the development of the Family
Doctors program in Indonesia. Doctors who are interested in this
program are grouped in an institution called College of
Indonesian Family Doctors. The group was established in 1991, but
it has made slow progress so far.

Although in foreign countries, including other ASEAN
countries, family doctors programs are a recognized branch of
medical science, that is not the case in Indonesia. In order to
obtain the government's recognition some requirements must be
fulfilled, such as: the existence of an institution of the
profession, a journal of family doctors program, society's demand
for the service of family doctors, curriculum of family doctors,
potential market and recognition from the Indonesian Medical
Association. Demands for services of family doctors have come
from several health program related companies like PT Askes
(health insurance), PT. Astek (employees' insurance) and PT
Bintang Jasa.

And in support of this program the Ministry of Health has
established a working group for family doctors development. We
hope the family doctors program will make satisfactory progress.

DR. SUDJOKO KUSWADJI

Secretary General

College of Family Doctors

Jakarta