Discussion with general practitioners in Blagoevgrad
If people are continuously exposed to media’s nonsense, the vaccination is not going to happen. This was the participants’ shared opinion in the yet another discussion on communication with general practitioners, which started today in Blagoevgrad.
The society accepts that COVID-19 is being treated, so it is not an issue. They expect us to know everything and treat them. People want to do whatever they want until they need to come to us, said Dr. Nina Georgieva, ALP from Blagoevgrad.
Dr. Momchil Baev, Chairman of the Astra Forum Foundation, expressed his gratitude towards the participating outpatient care doctors and RHI for the responsibility taken in regard to public health.
The first panel in the discussion was led by Georgi Todorov, a psychology consultant. He presented various role-playing approaches for effective communication with patients and motivational interviewing with the purpose of changing health behavior.
Prof.
Radostina Alexandrova told the participants about the mutations of the
coronavirus and the development and update of vaccines.
The
discussion is organized by the Astra Forum Foundation, with the support of the
Regional Health Inspection in Blagoevgrad.
Partners are
the Ministry of Health, the Bulgarian Medical Union, the National Association
of General Practitioners in Bulgaria and the representations of the EU, WHO and
UNICEF in Bulgaria.
