Our Blog/Interviews
9/1/2025 Interview with Jan De Maeseneer, MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Ghent in Belgium and Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Health Care. https://youtu.be/tHAvBHUcwx8
9/24/2025 Interview with Mary Tinetti, MD, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Emeritus Chief Geriatrics, Yale University School of Medicine. https://youtu.be/Mse0OlPj3Y8
10/1/2025 Interview with Ed Bujold, MD, family physician in Granite Falls, NC., author of An Odyssey of Primary Care Research: Historical Perspectives1997, Speck Publishing Co., Granite Falls, NC. https://youtu.be/LJtRNyfYODQ
From Others’ Blogs
Purkaple B. Overcoming health challenges: One patient’s story. KevinMD Blog; Nov 2023. https://kevinmd.com/post-author/becky-purkaple
Mold JW. Origins of the idea of goal-oriented medical care. Jono Hoogerbrug’s Clinical Change Makers Blog; 2024. https://www.clinicalchangemakers.com/p/goal-oriented-healthcare-breaking
Quotations
“When care systems are designed around what matters to the patient — their life goals, daily functioning, and social context — it enables a shift from objectification to recognition, from treating illness to supporting lives. Then care becomes more than a clinical transaction. It becomes a space for recognition, relationship, and participation. This is where primary care contributes to social cohesion: by welcoming those on the margins, acknowledging diversity, and reinforcing local networks of care.” Wingyin Chan, Day of Reflection on Goal-Oriented Care, Ghent, Belgium, September 1, 2025