Editing General practitioner (section)

==== France ====
In France the '''''médecin généraliste''''' (commonly called ''médecin de famille'') is responsible for primary care medicine, including non-vital emergencies and patient's follow up.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onisep.fr/Ressources/Univers-Metier/Metiers/medecin-generaliste |title=Accueil: Secteurs: Fiches métier: médecin généraliste |publisher=National Office for Information on Education and Occupations (ONISEP) |website=www.onisep.fr |access-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032735/http://www.onisep.fr/Ressources/Univers-Metier/Metiers/medecin-generaliste |archive-date=5 November 2016 }}</ref> This implies prevention, education, care of the [[disease]]s and [[Physical trauma|trauma]]s.  The general practitionner orientates the patients to other specialists when necessary. 

They have a role in the survey of [[epidemy|epidemics]], a legal role (constatation of traumas that can bring compensation, certificates for the practice of a [[sport]], [[death certificate]], certificate for hospitalisation without consent in case of mental incapacity), and a role in the [[emergency medicine|emergency care]] (they can be called by the ''samu'', the French [[emergency medical service|EMS]]). They often go to a patient's home when the patient cannot come to the consulting room (especially in case of children or old people), and have to contribute to night and week-end duties. {{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

The studies consist of six years at university (common to all medical specialities), and four years as a resident (''interne'')&nbsp;:
* the first year (PASS, ''Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé'', often abbreviated to ''P1'' by students) is common with the dentists, pharmacists and [[midwives]]. The rank at the final competitive examination<ref>Marchand-Antonin, Benoît. "[http://thesesdemedecine.free.fr/wp-content/thesis/NumerusClausus.BenoitMarchandAntonin.pdf The ''numerus clausus'' : its side effects - its place in globalization of the medicine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720230935/http://thesesdemedecine.free.fr/wp-content/thesis/NumerusClausus.BenoitMarchandAntonin.pdf |date=2011-07-20 }}"</ref> determines in which branch the student can choose to study.
* the following two years, called ''propédeutique'', are dedicated to the fundamental sciences: [[anatomy]], human [[physiology]], [[biochemistry]], [[bacteriology]], [[statistics]]...
* the three following years are called ''externat'' and are dedicated to the study of [[clinical medicine]]; they end with a classifying examination, the rank determines in which specialty (general medicine is one of them) the student can make her or his ''internat'';
* the ''internat'' is three years -or more depending on the specialty- of initial professional experience under the responsibility of a ''senior''; the ''interne'' can prescribe, s/he can replace physicians,<ref>Guedes-Marchand, Cécile. "[http://thesesdemedecine.free.fr/wp-content/thesis/RemplacantMedGen.CecileGuedesMarchand.pdf Le remplaçant, cet intermittent de la médecine générale : sa place dans le système de soins] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720231207/http://thesesdemedecine.free.fr/wp-content/thesis/RemplacantMedGen.CecileGuedesMarchand.pdf|date=2011-07-20}}"</ref> and usually works in a hospital.
This ends with a [[doctorate]], a research work which usually consist of a statistical study of cases to propose a care strategy for a specific condition (in an epidemiological, diagnostic, or therapeutic point of view).