[The scientific entertainer in primary health care]

Aten Primaria. 2012 Sep;44(9):549-54. doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2011.07.019. Epub 2011 Oct 22.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract
in English, Spanish

The scientific method is capable of being applied in primary care. In this article we defend the role of the "scientific entertainer "as strategic and necessary in achieving this goal. The task has to include playful and light-hearted content. We explore some words in English that may help us to understand the concept of "scientific entertainer" from a semantic point of view (showman, master of ceremonies, entrepreneur, go-between) also in Spanish language (counsellor, mediator, methodologist) and finally in Latin and Greek (tripalium, negotium, chronos, kairos). We define the clinical, manager or research health-worker who is skilled in primary care as a "primarylogist".

El método científico es susceptible de ser aplicado en atención primaria. Nosotros defendemos en este artículo la figura del «animador científico» como estratégica y necesaria. Su trabajo ha de tener un contenido «lúdico». Exploramos algunos términos en lengua inglesa que nos ayudan a comprender el concepto de «animador científico» desde un punto de vista semántico (showman, master of ceremony, entrepeneur, go-between), analizamos otros en lengua castellana (consejero, mediador, metodólogo) y otros en latín y griego (tripalium, negotium, chronos, kairos). Definimos como primariólogo al sanitario clínico, gestor o investigador que sea experto en atención primaria.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Research*
  • Humans
  • Primary Health Care*
  • Terminology as Topic