It is increasingly becoming evident that a strong primary health care system is more likely to provide better population health, more equity in health throughout the population, and better use of economic resources, compared to systems that are oriented towards specialty care. Developing and maintaining a strong and sustainable primary health care requires that a substantial part of graduating doctors go into primary care. This in turn requires that general practice/ family medicine (GP/FM) strongly infl uences the curricula in medical schools. In the present paper we aim to compare the situation on the GP / FM teaching in Moldova and in medical schools throughout Europe. The results of descriptive survey conducted by EURACT (European Academy of Teachers of General Practice / Family Medicine) served basis for comparison. A brief questionnaire was e-mailed to GP/FM or other professors at European medical universities. 259 out of 400 existing universities in 39 European countries responded to questionnaire. Out of these, 35 (13.5%) reported to have no GP/FM curriculum. These 35 medical faculties were located in 12 different European countries. In addition, 15 of the medical schools where a GP/FM curriculum did exist, reported that this curriculum did not include any clinical component (n = 5), or that the clinical part of the course was very brief - less than one week, mostly only a few hours (n = 10). These were mainly located in the Eastern or Southern European regions. It is still possible to graduate from European medical universities without having been exposed to a GP/FM curriculum. Moldova do has medical curriculum in Family Medicine; however it is shorter then in Northern European countries and should be extended and adapted to learners needs. Keywords: General practice/family medicine, undergraduate medical education, clinical curriculum, Europe.