The Minister of health, Social Welfare and family of the Government of Aragon, Ricardo Oliván, opened last Thursday the XXV Congress Aragonese of primary care.

-In the course of three days, developed a comprehensive and ambitious programme of scientific events, as well as different classroom training that were announced important developments in issues such as the cardiovascular prevention
or urology

– after the opening of the Congress, which was held last Thursday, professionals and the Aragonese health service representatives discussed on the new health project for primary care in Aragon ”

Spain, November of 2011- the Counselor of health, Social Welfare and family of the Government of Aragon, Ricardo Oliván, opened last Thursday the XXV Congress Aragonese for primary careorganised by the Aragonese Federation of trade unions and associations of physicians and primary care (FASAMET). The event, which took place at the Boston Hotel in Zaragoza and developed until last Saturday, had the participation of more than 300 health professionals.

After the opening of the Congress, professionals and the Aragonese health service representatives discussed on the new health project for primary care in Aragon ”. He analysed the current situation of family medicine in the community and they have been shown the main keys to improve. For the first time the Scientific Committee of the Congress have involved members of scientific primary care and Emergency Department, as well as the Union societies doctor CesmAragón, with the intention of continuing with a formula of cooperation between all the professional organizations to develop a single Congress of all primary care Aragon.

Over three days, in which the this meeting became – again – in the crosshairs health of the autonomous community and even Spain, is favoured a comprehensive and ambitious programme of scientific events, as well as different classroom training that is announced significant developments on issues such as prevention cardiovascular or urology.

Programmed activities were divided into two large blocks. On the one hand, the classroom training whose content revolves around diseases most prevalent in primary care consultations such as heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, or depression, among many other. And on the other hand, it has organized the round table update in atrial fibrillation ” which aims to focus on small advances, both in the technical field such as pharmacological, being held to find a more successful outcome in the medium and long term in the treatment of this arrhythmia, the most common among the population.

In addition to a large number of posters and communications, which are unpublished works on clinical cases or health topics they presented the congressmen and defend these three days, in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Congress, health professionals have been unable to attend a large number of practical content workshops that are aimed at the recycling of certain techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the attention to the serious politraumatizado, functional dressings or insulinización.

This year, as a novelty, on Saturday 12 November throughout the morning, was scheduled a specific practice for resident doctors who are doing the specialty of family and community medicine, as well as for final year medical students. The activity consists of a theoretical part which dealt with the coronary pathology and a practical part on clinical cases in emergency.

Another initiative of this year, and will continue in the following editions are also a few encounters with the different specialties whose purpose is to encourage communication between both levels of care. On this occasion we have organized a meeting with the specialty of digestive.

All Congress activities are accredited by the Commission on continuing training of the health professions of Aragon and meet the quality requirements laid down by the Diputación General de Aragón.

And for closing the Aragonese Congress of primary care, on Saturday, journalist and filmmaker Luis Alegre gave the Conference medical film ”. For its part, the rector of the University of Zaragoza, Manuel López, has been in charge of closing this traditional health meeting.