The assessment of family medicine practice by health care staff (Sample for the district of Konak in the province of İzmir)

Health sector has radically been transformed by means of Health Transformation Program which was implemented in 2003, and this process is still in progress. Health Transformation Program completely changes it from service delivery to finance as well as from ways of employing health care staff to administrative structure. One of the changes is Family Medicine Practice, which was put into effect with a view to delivering primary health care service, instead of community clinic system, which was practised as a result of the Socialization Law of 1961. Family Medicine System which was implemented as a pilot project in Düzce in 2005 gradually came into effect and at the end of 2010 all the cities of Turkey were included in the project. Along with the fact that primary health care delivery and its extension became modified as a result of Family Health Practice, the working conditions of health care staff in the process of primary health care delivery have been modified and health care staff have begun to work on contract. The purpose of this study is to determine the transformation in primary health care service as a result of Family Medicine Practice and to assess the working conditions of health care staff serving in Family Medicine Practice as well as their point of view of Family Medicine Practice and the working process. The research consists of 248 health care staff who have been working in family health centers in the district of Konak in the city of İzmir. 165 health care staff were included in the research. The Assessment of Family Medicine Practice by Health Care Staff scale was used to gather data for the research. The data collected in the research were analysed by using SPSS. Key words: Family Medicine Practice, Health Care Workers