[THE TIME HAS COME TO CHANGE THE FACE OF MEDICINE: THE TRANSITION FROM A SINGLE PROFESSIONAL TO A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE AND WITHSTAND THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT OF THE PHYSICIAN].

The Israeli health system is experiencing an ongoing manpower crisis that will deepen soon with the increase in the number of patients and the overcrowding in clinics and hospitals. The core of the crisis is the need to staff the hospitalization departments and clinics with quality manpower. Alongside the initial staffing, there is an obligation to ensure the survivability of the professional personnel in the system over the years, and this must be done while constantly preventing the process of professional burnout. In the present article, we propose to change the face of medicine by moving from relying on a single professional (physician) to the operation of a multidisciplinary team, while ensuring that the various professionals operate at the peak of their skill envelope. At the base of the team is a physician who devotes himself to direct contact with the patient and his family while applying analytical and humanistic thinking based on a body of knowledge accumulated during his training.