Family physicians play a central role in the Primary Health Care system of a country. Barbara Starfield and colleagues in their multi-country study, provided evidence that the health outcome indicators are significantly better with relatively less cost, in countries where trained Family Physicians play a central role in the health care system. According to an estimate, among South Asian countries at least 70-80% of medical care is being provided by medical graduates, without a post graduate qualification in Family Medicine. The goal is to have 3 trained family physicians /10,000 population iwhich means that there is a need to produce more than 60,000 family physicians for a population of 220 million in Pakistan. Currently there are hardly 2000 qualified/trained family physicians in the country, therefore the PHC needs of 220 million population of Pakistan is catered by untrained general practitioners. Moreover, finding qualified family physicians to serve in areas of need is a huge challenge. The solution is to develop and train general practitioners residing within the locality to serve in the same community. These challenges are shared by South Asian Countries.
The need to train general practitioners to meet the increasing demand is recognized by various academic institutions throughout the country. Therefore, many courses, diplomas and degree programs are being introduced with the intent to produce trained family physicians. However, there are various challenges which need to be overcome to achieve targets. For example training in rural areas with limited resources, achieving desired outcomes through blended learning programs, dirth of trainers especially for virtual teaching, absence of a cadre for family physicians in public sector, financial support to trainees while training, need for advocacy etc are major challenges.
The aim of the interactive presentation would be to discuss these challenges, share experiences and propose solutions to overcome them.

1. Know and discuss the importance of training for Family Medicine to enhance the quality of Primary care in developing countries.
2. Enlist the challenges of training for Family Medicine for a developing country.
3. Propose experience based solutions to overcome challenges of capacity building for Famiy Medicine in a South Asian Country

Background
Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that 115,000 healthcare workers died from COVID-19 between January 2020 and May 2021 worldwide. Many of the casualties were a part of the primary care workforce, responding to the crisis at the front line. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now the time for the focus to shift to 'Recovery, reconnection, and revival. A celebration of primary care'. This should be enabled by addressing and prioritizing the occupational health needs of the primary care health workforce. As a tribute to the lost colleagues, we should aim to assess the current occupational safety and health (OSH) practices in hospitals as well as in the primary care clinics, and share the best ones – enabling to protect health workers, not only through potential breakthroughs of another pandemic but also for any other occupational hazards induced diseases or injuries. As OSH among health workers remains undermined and often unaddressed, a research collaboration between Indonesia and Lithuania joins intercontinental efforts in the exploration of best OSH practices in both countries aiming to share the idea of OSH implementation among other colleagues in the WONCA World Conference.
Rundown
The workshop will start by sharing the findings of the Lithuanian context and will be followed by an Indonesian perspective. The 20-minute presentation will be followed by a questionnaire to be filled in about local and/or international occupational safety and health practices known to the audience. The participants will be then divided into groups to discuss the findings and asked to map out recommendations on how to best address primary care OSH issues locally and internationally (30 minutes). At the end of the session, the floor will be opened for group representatives to share their perspectives (10minutes).

1. Identify the most common issues of occupational safety and health (OSH) practices in primary care settings;
2. Compare the existing OSH practices;
3. Have the knowledge on how to integrate best OSH practice features into their own practice settings;