The aim of this study is to explore the views of family physicians/general practitioners about the most important competences in health promotion and diseases prevention and areas where these competences might be below the desired level.
Both focus group and interview respondents expressed broad agreement that HP&DP is one of the most important competences and responsibilities of FP/GPs provided in everyday practice and one, which is also expected by patients.
The result has shown that the Intellectual Property (IP) design capability is the most important core competence.
This goes against the principle that schools should serve the interests of their pupils above all else — where the most important linguistic competence is fluency in English, there schools should aim for such fluency first and foremost.
"The most important organisational competence is to be able to collaborate with everyone who is useful in health promotion, I mean people involved in education, employment, environment, welfare, police, church.
"Communication is one of the most important GP competences, which is needed both for personal counselling and group sessions" (LT,M,45).
"The most important organisational competences which are lacking are an ability to collaborate with anyone who can be useful in HP&DP" (PL,M,44).
I said, 'To me, the most important thing is competence, that you can put your players, give them a plan on a weekly basis that will put them in the best position to defend and beat your opponent.' " The flashpoint for Sheridan has been his relationship with defensive end Osi Umenyiora, whose playing time has dwindled.
"A lot needs to be taken into account, but the most important thing is competence".
