FMC Formacion Medica Continuada en Atencion Primaria

FMC Formacion Medica Continuada en Atencion Primaria is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Health and Medical Education and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, together about 17.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

FMC. Formacion Medica en Atencion Primaria (FMC.CME in Primary Care) is a refresher programme for community practitioners, general practitioners and primary care specialists. Its primary objective is to provide training and information to confront problems faced in daily practice, and to improve the skills and competencies of healthcare professionals in this field. The programme has been designed to offer the most relevant scientific and technical advances in primary healthcare, whether in the clinical, community, epidemiological, conceptual or organisational fields. Regular editions of the journal include editorials, the latest developments, clinical cases, a "How is it done?" section, a section covering the key issues of primary healthcare treatment, technology and information and communication as well as an images section. The programme also includes 3 annual Guides por the clinical practices to refresh the basic skills of primary care physicians, complemented by two specialised courses that takes an in-depth look at a topic of particular relevance in primary care. Finally, the programme makes use of multimedia materials, including videos that illustrate and significantly improve understanding of particular techniques, as well as images, which are an essential tool for teaching certain specialties.FMC. Formación Médica en Atención Primaria es un programa de actualización dirigido a los médicos especialistas en medicina de familia y comunitaria y de atención primaria. Su principal objetivo es ofrecer elementos e instrumentos de formación e información orientados a la solución de los problemas reales y a mejorar las habilidades y competencias de los profesionales dedicados a esta actividad sanitaria. Los contenidos del programa están concebidos para ofrecer los avances científico-técnicos más relevantes producidos en los distintos ámbitos de la atención primaria de salud: clínico, comunitario, epidemiológico, así como en el ámbito conceptual y organizativo del ejercicio de la profesión. Las secciones de los números regulares de la revista son editoriales, actualizaciones, casos clínicos, ¿ómo se hace?, lo esencial en, terapéutica en APS, tecnologías de la información y comunicación, y una sección de imágenes. El programa se compone además de 3 Guías para la práctica clínica dedicadas a la actualización de las competencias básicas de los médicos de atención primaria, y se complementa con dos Cursos monográfico en el que se desarrolla de forma extensa un tema específico de especial relevancia para la especialidad. Por último, el programa dispone de materiales multimedia como vídeos que ilustran y mejoran considerablemente la comprensión de determinadas técnicas, así como imágenes que son imprescindibles para la didáctica de algunas especialidades.

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Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Gastroenterology

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 21 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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Database indexing

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

0.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.11LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.07LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

17OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

32OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.12OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Figures by source

Submission to first decision

19 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

23 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

23 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

263 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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Publisher

Elsevier

ISSN

1134-2072

Electronic ISSN

2773-0700

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