Table 1.
Primary care teaching activities at the Lausanne and Geneva medical faculties [17]
| Lausanne | Geneva | |
|---|---|---|
| Small-group seminars led by primary care physicians | 40 h (1st to 4th year) | 109 h (2nd to 5th year) |
| Lectures by primary care physicians | 38 h (1st to 6th year) “Generalism module” (132 h in 4th and 5th years) a |
15 h (1st and 2nd year) |
| Mandatory clerkships in primary care practices | 1 half-day (2nd year) 4 half-days (3rd year) 4 half-days (4th year) 1 month (5th year) |
4 half-days (2nd year) 8 half-days (4th year) |
a Teaching shared by the Primary Care Unit and the University hospital-based outpatient primary care division (general medicine and emergency services)