Editing General practitioner (section)

== Indian subcontinent ==

=== India ===
The basic medical degree in India is MBBS ([[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery]]). These generally consist of a four-and-a-half-year course followed by a year of compulsory rotatory internship in India. The internship requires the candidate to work in all departments for a stipulated period of time, to undergo hands-on training in treating patients.

The registration of doctors is usually managed by state medical councils. A permanent registration as a Registered Medical Practitioner is granted only after satisfactory completion of the compulsory internship.

The Federation of Family Physicians' Associations of India (FFPAI) is an organization which has a connection with more than 8000 general practitioners through having affiliated membership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffpai.org/about_us.aspx |title=About us |publisher=FFPAI |access-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520233743/http://www.ffpai.org/about_us.aspx |archive-date=20 May 2014 }}</ref>

=== Bangladesh ===
In Bangladesh, the completion of a 5-year MBBS program is succeeded by a one-year rotational internship encompassing various specialties. [[Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council|Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM&DC)]] then provides permanent registration to the doctors, after which the candidate may choose to practice as a GP or opt for specialty training..<ref>{{Cite web |last=BM&DC (info@bmdc.org.bd) |title=BM&DC |url=https://web.bmdc.org.bd/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council |language=en-US}}</ref> As of 2019, there are some 86,800 doctors, and dentists registered with the BM&DC.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kawser |first=Rumi |date=21 July 2019 |title=Patient, doctors, nurses ratio: Bangladesh lags far behind its neighbours |work=Dhaka Tribune |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/health/182728/patient-doctors-nurses-ratio-bangladesh-lags |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>

[[Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons|Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS)]] has a one-year membership<ref>Eligibility Criteria for Membership Examinations by BCPS. https://bcps.edu.bd/document/Eligibility%20Criteria%20for%20(Membership%20examinations).pdf</ref> and four-year fellowship program<ref>Eligibility Criteria for Fellowship Examinations by BCPS.https://bcps.edu.bd/document/Eligibility%20criteria%20for%2005%20year%20fellowship%20program.pdf</ref> in [[Family medicine|Family Medicine]].

=== Pakistan ===
In Pakistan, 5 years of MBBS is followed by one year of internship in different specialties. [[Pakistan Medical and Dental Council]] (PMDC) then confers permanent registration, after which the candidate may choose to practice as a GP or opt for specialty training.

The first Family Medicine Training programme was approved by the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan]] (CPSP) in 1992 and initiated in 1993 by the Family Medicine Division of the Department of Community Health
Sciences, [[Aga Khan University]], Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/medicine/pakistan/postgraduate/Pages/residencyfamilymedicine.aspx |title=Family Medicine |publisher=Aga Khan University |access-date=4 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607000424/http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/medicine/pakistan/postgraduate/Pages/residencyfamilymedicine.aspx |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref>

Family Medicine [[Residency (medicine)|residency]] training programme of Ziauddin University is approved for Fellowship in Family Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpsp.edu.pk/departments/rtmc/instit/list_a-g.htm |publisher=College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan |title=List of Accredited Institutions (A-G) |access-date=2008-06-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080327121620/http://cpsp.edu.pk/departments/rtmc/instit/list_a-g.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-03-27}}</ref>