Department of General Medicine, Hospital AGEL Košice-Šaca, a. s., http://www.upjs.sk/lekarska-fakulta/vyucbove-zakladne/vseobecne-lekarstvo/

The authors provide students of the Faculty of Medicine at UPJŠ in Košice with materials for individual lectures in the subject of General Medicine as a foundation before the lecture presentation and for a better understanding of the topic. The presentations cover topics according to the course curriculum, which students are expected to master and complete.

In the medical profession, a general practitioner (GP) is a medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses. Provides preventie care and health education to patients. A general practitioner manages types of illness that present in an undifferentiated way at an early stage of development, which may require urgent intervention. The holistic approach of general practice aims to take into consideration the biological, psychological, and social factors relevant to the care of each patient's illness.