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The present opinion paper was written by an ad hoc international team united under the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) umbrella and reflects the organizations\u2019 effort to contribute to the resolution of these issues, by highlighting and reflecting on them and by suggesting the medical community\u2019s necessary activities resulting in the formulation of effective future communication strategies. The importance of physicians\u2019 and other health workers\u2019 role and mission as educators and leaders in communities in critical situations should be reassessed and upgraded. We need to equip future doctors with strong and sustainable leadership and communication skills through relevant undergraduate and postgraduate education programs, in order that compliance with preventive medical advice is increased. To avoid possible politically and otherwise biased communication in health crises of the future, European nations should establish independent advisory bodies providing evidence-based advice and participate in communication campaigns. Medical and other health professional organizations should build organizational and personal capacities of their members to enable them to reliably inform and adequately educate governments, populations, civic society, employers\u2019 and employees\u2019 organizations, schools and universities, and other stakeholders.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/idr15040037","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,4]],"date-time":"2023-07-04T01:47:14Z","timestamp":1688435234000},"page":"370-376","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The Medical Community\u2019s Role in Communication Strategies during Health Crises\u2014Perspective from European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8749-125X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ilia","family":"Nadareishvili","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Georgian Association of Medical Specialties, David Tvildiani Medical University, 0159 Tbilisi, Georgia"}]},{"given":"Theodore","family":"Bazas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Panhellenic Medical Association, Committee of Health and Welfare, Municipality of Filothei Psychiko, 15452 Athens, Greece"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2585-7567","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicola","family":"Petrosillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fondazione Policlinico, Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0577-8925","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vojko","family":"Berce","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatrics, University Medical Centre Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Firth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cellular Pathology, Royal Free Hospital London, London NW3 2QG, UK"}]},{"given":"Armando","family":"Mansilha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3154-6527","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mihaela","family":"Leventer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UEMS Section of Dermatology, Dr. Leventer Centre, 011216 Bucharest, Romania"}]},{"given":"Alessandra","family":"Renieri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8089-8583","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mauro","family":"Zampolini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Section of UEMS, Department of Rehabilitation, Hospital of Foligno, 06034 Foligno, Italy"}]},{"given":"Vassilios","family":"Papalois","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W12 OHS, UK"},{"name":"European Union of Medical Specialists, 1040 Brussels, Belgium"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3793","DOI":"10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_719_20","article-title":"Importance of effective communication during COVID-19 infodemic","volume":"9","author":"Reddy","year":"2020","journal-title":"J. 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