About Yuan Gu’s work
From December 1994 to June 1995, Yuan Gu held a Croucher Visitorship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. At the time, Gu was based at Capital Institute of Medicine.
Biography
Gu Yuan is a Professor of general medicine at Capital Medical University. She has been engaged in the theoretical and practical research of general practice and community health services for more than 30 years, and has taken up many public roles, including Vice Chairman of the General Practice Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the Chairman of the General Practice Expert Committee of the Chinese Women Physicians Association, the Standing Committee Member of the Chinese Community Health Association, the president of the General Practice Branch of the China Association of Non-public Medical Institutions, the member of the Rural Working Committee of the World Family Doctor Organization (WONCA). In recent years, Gu set up Gu Yuan Family Doctor Consultation Studio providing services such as patient-centered family doctor contract services, chronic disease and health management, community family care, and integration of medical care and elderly care, which has led to the construction of grassroots health service models and capacity improvement.