semFYC and MSD have signed an agreement that promotes the integral training of family physicians online.

As part of this agreement, among other activities, during 2013 both institutions have agreed to work in the 6th Edition of the online clinical practice e.medical training program as well as the implementation of the necessary material on clinical update for the training of trainers of the semFYC working group.

In addition, the agreement also collects sponsored by MSD’s annual meeting that the coordinators of working groups of the scientific society, the retransmission of videoconference sessions prior to the XXXIII Congress semFYC 2013 and highlights summaries (highlights), also thanks to univadis ® online platform.

Angel Fernandez, CEO of MSD Spain, ensures that this agreement MSD reinforces its strategic alliance with SemFYC and primary care specialists in the procurement of projects and activities of added value in the health care, promoting innovation in all topical face-to-face and on-line channels. Family physicians are one of the pillars of our health system and be able to respond to their educational needs, through this agreement, further drives our commitment to improving the health and well-being of people ”.

Meanwhile, the President of the semFYC, Dr. Josep Basora, thanks to that through the platform univadis ® and the continuity of collaboration with MSD, family physicians can continue to have the possibility of accessing the contents of excellence offering semFYC, counting with an innovative learning environment applied to the formation.

Platform training online

Currently, univadis ® has more than 100,000 registered doctors who have a personal password to access its contents. Platform generated each month 8,000 hours of training and 7,000 courses, figures that guarantee the good reception given to the health care professionals are completed.

representatives of semFYC and MSD at the time of the signature.

Part of this success lies in the various services that are available to your doctor to help you in your day day, as it is the Manager of guards, the fiscal area or the Internet area. Access, password, is immediate and free and offers a variety of resources: continuing medical education, cycles of video-conferencing, live broadcast of face-to-face events, medical news, anatomical 3D atlas, manual reference search engine based on some of the most relevant medical sources, segmented by specialty photo galleryguides and recommendations.

on semFYC

the semFYC is a Federation of organizations non-profit whose essential purpose is the promotion and the development of family medicine and community and primary care, disseminating and promoting knowledge of the specialty and its principles, through the Organization and realization, among other activities, courses of training and professional specialization, research activities, development and editing of scientific works, books, magazines and other documents of a medical nature.

on MSD

today MSD is a leader in global health that works to contribute to global health. MSD is known as Merck & Co., Inc. In the United States and Canada. Through our medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer products and veterinary medicine, we work with our customers operating in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. We also demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to health care through long outreach programs that donate and deliver our products to the people who need them.

univadis ®, is the MSD portal with content and professional services which has become a reference for doctors in Spain. With more than half a million doctors registered in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada is a pioneer in this collective training services, to meet their needs for quality accredited education, and enabling them to better treatment of their patients and better health outcomes. In addition to the educational offer, univadis ® offers numerous sources of medical information adapted according to the permanent assessment of the needs of healthcare professionals. univadis ® covers an increasing number of training programmes online, doing more effective medical education.