Implementing primary care concepts in higher education: a mixed method study in Flanders (Belgium).

Background: The policy shift towards person-centred integrated primary care systems drives interest in primary care across higher education programs. In Flanders, the Primary Care Academy (PCA) is established to support this policy shift. The PCA focusses on the concepts of goal-oriented care, self-management, and interprofessional collaboration to support the shift towards integrated care and to integrate them in curricula in order to strengthen and develop a futureproof health system.

Creating space to talk about patients' personal goals: experiences from primary care stakeholders.

Background: To address the many challenges health systems and communities face, primary care is constantly searching for new strategies to improve quality of care. One of the strategies is to focus on patients' personal goals to direct the care process. To adopt an explicit focus on patients' personal goals, actions at different levels are required.

Building an understanding of goal-oriented care through the experiences of people living with chronic conditions.

Objective: To understand the concept of goal-oriented care (GOC) through the experiences of people with chronic conditions.

Method: Interviews with people living with chronic conditions (n = 50) were analyzed in two ways. A deductive approach based on GOC attributes generated in a concept analysis on GOC: goal-elicitation, goal-setting, goal-evaluation, patients' context, and patients' needs and preferences.