Dr. Sylvain De Lucia und Dr. Estelle Delamare

How primary care can make the difference in socio-ecological transition

Primary care professionals are at the heart of healthcare systems, playing a vital role and exerting significant influence on their patients, their students, their peers, and their family and friends . Throughout their career, they develop skills as professionals, scholars, health advocates, collaborators, communicators, and leaders (Canmeds framework). These competencies can be used to engage in socio-ecological transition in healthcare. In this paper, we describe the progress made in implementing ecological transition within our healthcare institutions since 2019.

Through a focus group, we identified the various actions undertaken in favor of the social and ecological transition since 2019 within Geneva’s healthcare institutions: Geneva University Hospitals, the Medical Faculty at the University of Geneva, and the Geneva School of Health Sciences. A detailed description the group dynamics that led to these actions will be provided.

De Lucia Sylvain, Dr med, Chef de Clinique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Médecine de premier recours
Delamare Estelle, Dr med, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Service de pédiatrie

Other people involved in the project: Y. Jackson L. Peterschmitt, NA Zeder, G. Brulé, J. Sommer, Université de Genève