Family Medicine: Comprehensive Clinical Approach by Life Stages (Life Cycle Health)

Family Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Comprehensive study of the family and individual life cycle under the biopsychosocial model. From prenatal diagnosis to senescence and palliative transition, integrating family intervention tools, evidence-based screening and social determinants of health.

What it covers

1. Fundamentals of Family Medicine and the Biopsychosocial Approach
2. · 1.1 The Biopsychosocial Paradigm versus the Clinical Biomedical Model
3. · 1.2 General Systems Theory Applied to Family Dynamics
4. · 1.3 The Family Life Cycle (Duvall and McGoldrick-Carter Models)
5. Approach to Pregnancy and Prenatal Health
6. · 2.1 Preconception Consultation: The Pillar of Teratogenic Prevention
7. · 2.2 Systematic Prenatal Control in Primary Care
8. · 2.3 Common Obstetric Pathology in Primary Care
9. Child Health (0 to 11 Years) - Neonatology and Pediatrics in AP
10. · 3.1 Immediate Neonatal Evaluation and Metabolic Screening
11. · 3.2 Key Milestones of Neuropsychomotor Development (0 to 5 years)
12. · 3.3 Immunization and Approach to Prevalent Pediatric Pathologies
13. Adolescence Health (12 to 18 Years) - Transition and Vulnerability
14. · 4.1 Physical Maturation and Pubertal Development (Tanner Scale)
15. · 4.2 The HEEADSSS Interview as a Clinical Screening Instrument
16. · 4.3 Psychoaffective Approach, ED and Risk Behavior
17. Adult Health (19 to 64 Years) - Prevention and Management of Chronic Pathologies
18. · 5.1 Cardiovascular and Metabolic Screening and Cardiovascular Risk Control
19. · 5.2 Evidence-Based Cancer Screening Strategies
20. · 5.3 Women's and Men's Health: Climacteric Transition and Urological Health
21. Health of the Elderly (≥65 Years) - Geriatrics in Primary Care and Frailty
22. · 6.1 Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (VGI) as a Diagnostic Methodology
23. · 6.2 Geriatric Syndromes, Cognitive Impairment and Frailty
24. · 6.3 Polypharmacy, Deprescription and Beers Criteria / STOPP-START
25. Family and Community Intervention Tools
26. · 7.1 Classification and Clinical Management of Family Crises
27. · 7.2 Motivational Interviewing and Behavioral Change Models
28. · 7.3 Community Oriented Primary Care (APOC)
29. Family Assessment Instruments in Clinical Practice
30. · 8.1 The Structured Genogram: Methodology, Symbology and Utility
31. · 8.2 Family APGAR, FACES Scale and Ecomap
32. Approach to Chronic Pain and Palliative Care in the Community
33. · 9.1 Terminality Criteria and the WHO Analgesic Ladder
34. · 9.2 Control of Refractory Symptoms and Palliative Sedation
35. Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine Screening Protocol (USPSTF)
36. Technological News, Future Perspectives and Digital Health