DEPARTMENT NAME
Department of Family Medicine

CONTACT DETAILS FOR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Prof. Przemyslaw Kardas MD, PhD
Professor of Family Medicine
przemyslaw.kardas@office365.umed.pl
+48 42 678 72 10

Department of Family Medicine
ul. Narutowicza 6090-136 Lodz, Poland
www.zmr.lodz.pl 

TEAM MEMBERS
prof. Kardas Przemysław MD, PhD – Head of Department
Banaś Izabela MD, PhD
Dorożyński Jakub MD
Karasiewicz Ewa MD
Kurczewska-Michalak Marta MD
Lewek Paweł MD, PhD – Student Affairs
Maciaczyk-Kubiak Jolanta MD
Matyjaszczyk Michał MD
Mazurowska Elżbieta MD
Papierz Izabela MD, PhD
Pluciński Jacek MD
Szatkowska Beata MD
Witkowski Konrad MD

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY
The activities of the Department combine a high level of education with practical information concerning the everyday routine of family doctors. It is also involved in research directly related to family medicine, such as care for chronically ill patients in the practice of family doctors, preventing hospitalization in the case of elderly people or patient compliance. The Department is supported by public institutions such as National Research Committee, Lodz City Council and European Union.

Keywords: family medicine, nonadherence, polypharmacy

DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS: PROJECTS AND PAPERS
SKILLS4ADHERENCE – Increasing the capacity of medical professionals to manage patient adherence and polytherapy in the elderly; part of Erasmus+ program
SIMPATHY – Stimulating Innovation Management of Polypharmacy and Adherence in The elderly; part of EU Health Program www.simpathy.eu
Commodity12 – Continuous Multi-parametric and Multi-layered analysis Of Diabetes Type 1 & 2, part of EU 7th
Framework Program www.COMMODITY12.eu
ABC Project – www.abcproject.eu

1: Stewart D, Mair A, (…) Kardas P, Lewek P. et al. Guidance to manage inappropriate polypharmacy in older people: systematic review and future developments. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2017
2: Clyne W, (…) Kardas P. “My patients are better than yours”: optimistic bias about patients’ medication adherence by European health care professionals. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2016
3: Clyne W, (…) Kardas P. A multinational cross-sectional survey of the management of patient medication adherence by European healthcare professionals. BMJ Open.