• Filipe Prazeres, Marc Jamoulle, Ana Kareli, Claire Collins, Csaba Móczár, WongMartin C SMCSJC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 202, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.The Chinese Academy of Med, Sudip Bhattacharya, Shlomo Vinker, L Leng Low, Suraya Abdul-Razak, Joanne Brooke, Mohamud A Verjee, Hakan Yaman, Pramendra Prasad, Jens Søndergaard, Dimity Pond, Lloyd Hughes, Fatma Goksin Cihan, Zoi Tsimtsiou, Christopher Harrison, Loai Albarqouni, Beibei Yuan, Y Kong Lee, Van RoyenPaulP0000-0002-9554-1680Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Doornstraat 331, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium., Indiran Govender, Bengt B Arnetz, and Catherine A O'Donnell.
• Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
• Fam Pract. 2024 Nov 19.

IntroductionThe evolving landscape of general practice (GP)/family medicine (FM) in the post-COVID-19 era, focussing on integrating telemedicine and remote consultations requires a new definition for this specialty. Hence, a broader consensus-based definition of post-COVID-19 GP/FM is warranted.MethodsThis study involved a modified electronic Delphi technique involving 27 specialists working in primary care recruited via convenient and snowball sampling. The Delphi survey was conducted online between August 2022 and April 2023, utilizing the Google Forms platform. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyse consensus across Delphi rounds.ResultsTwenty-six international experts participated in the survey. The retention rate through the second and third Delphi rounds was 96.2% (n = 25). The broader consensus definition emphasizes person-centred care, collaborative patient-physician partnerships, and a holistic approach to health, including managing acute and chronic conditions through in-person or remote access based on patient preferences, medical needs, and local health system organization.ConclusionThe study highlights the importance of continuity of care, prevention, and coordination with other healthcare professionals as core values of primary care. It also reflects the role of GP/FM in addressing new challenges post-pandemic, such as healthcare delivery beyond standard face-to-face care (e.g. remote consultations) and an increasingly important role in the prevention of infectious diseases. This underscores the need for ongoing research and patient involvement to continually refine and improve primary healthcare delivery in response to changing healthcare landscapes.© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.

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