Introduction:

The new comprehensive health care model in Colombia emerged in 2016 as an alternative to solve the crisis in health care; it favors the Primary Health Care strategy, with family and community-based approach, in order to ensure the opportunity, continuity, accessibility, comprehensiveness and quality in the attention of Colombians. One of the challenges to advance in the actions of Primary Health Care is to train professionals with specific knowledge and skills for the implementation of the strategy and with a holistic approach. On the other hand, Family Medicine is a discipline that seeks the comprehensive health care of the person and the family, in a humanized and continuous way; it is characterized by the integration of health promotion and prevention of risks and diseases, detection, and treatment, with a systemic approach that focuses its actions to the individual, family and community, and in which the Primary Health Care is its essential field of action.

Objective:

To reflect on the relevance of the family and community doctor, the elements of Primary Health Care and their relationship in the framework of the new comprehensive health care model in Colombia.

Methods:

A review of different sources of information in indexed journals and official documents was carried out. Those allowed responding to the objective of the document.

Conclusions:

The specialty of Family Medicine is the most competent to carry out medical interventions within the framework of the new comprehensive health care model, looking for integral well-being and avoiding the fragmentation of care.

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