Family Medicine (ISSN: 2307-5112)

Description

The journal «Family medicine» (http://family-medicine.com.ua) was founded in 1999 to inform medical society about achievements, problems and prospects of family medicine development in Ukraine. From the beginning the journal promotes family medicine, describes the activities of Ukraine Association of Family Medicine, publishes the reviews of the global formation and evidence of advantages of the primary medical care organization based on principals of family medicine in different countries. Due to the constant participation of the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in journal development and significant personal efforts of the first chief editor of the journal – prominent Ukrainian scientist and teacher prof. Grygorii Lysenko, - «Family Medicine» publishes wide spectrum of the original researches and recommendations in different fields from the leaders of medical science of Ukraine. In short time the journal become the leading edition, not only for family physicians but also for a wide circle of other medical specialists in Ukraine.
Main topics of publications: therapy, endocrinology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, cardiology, allergology, neuropsychiatry, dermatology, pulmonology, otolaryngology, infectious diseases, immunology and pharmacology.
Target audience - practicing doctors of various specialties: family doctors, emergency doctors, therapists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, rheumatologists, psychoneurologists, pulmonologists, gastroenterologists, otolaryngologists, dermatologists, infectious disease specialists.
The main focus: the journal has a practical focus and publishes articles by leading experts, opinion leaders, covering current problems of the clinic, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of nosologies; currently optimal algorithms for the diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases, relief of emergency conditions.
Segmentation of the readership by specialties: therapists, general practitioners - 45%, cardiologists and rheumatologists - 18%, gastroenterologists - 10%, pulmonologists - 8%, allergologists and dermatologists - 7%, neuropathologists - 5%, endocrinologists - 4%, otolaryngologists - 3%.
The main sections: healthcare, a topical topic, new in medicine, lectures, problems of cardilogy, therapy, gastroenterology, etc.), clinical analysis, pharmacology, from practice, modern diagnostics, in the doctor's notebook, medical equipment, emergency care.