Progress of family medicine in Slovenia
Conclusions
Slovene family medicine has travelled its journey as many others did. The approval process and recognition of the family medicine as a special profession within the medical profession and among family physicians themselves was long, relatively tough and exhausting, so the today success has not arrive by chance. We will be fostering further activities in research, education and quality development in family medicine, because these are visiting cards of every profession.

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