The specialty of Family and Community Medicine has emerged in Spain as in other industrialized countries, to provide better quality care to the population and to streamline the health system as a whole.
With the full development of this specialty primary care level is acquiring the appropriate role, so that it can solve most health problems presented by people in a coordinated manner with other specialists working in secondary care (hospital and outpatient services) and allowing, therefore, the proper functioning of the entire system.
With the creation of primary care teams, specialists in Family Medicine have introduced important changes in primary care: better clinical care, teamwork, prevention and health promotion, family practice, incorporation of teaching and research and community activities.
