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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPDATES
from WONCA News May 2022
by WONCA
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HEALTHY LUNG MASTERCLASS ASIA WEBINAR SERIES
The Healthy Lung Masterclass Asia is an educational programme developed exclusively for primary care physicians across Asia, in collaboration with WONCA. The webinar series will feature the latest updates and expert perspectives on key topics in asthma care, such as diagnosis, management of paediatric and adult asthma, monitoring, timely referral, and patienteducation. The first of six webinars entitled “Overcoming challenges in the diagnosis of asthma” will be held on 19 May 2022, 19:00–20:15 (UTC+8). This will be chaired by Professor Tan Tze Lee (Singapore) and will feature Professor Neil Skolnik (USA) and Associate Professor Le Thi TuyetLan(Vietnam).
19 MAY 2022, 19:00–20:15 (UTC+8) REGISTER NOW
ISTAMBUL - TURKEY
94TH EGPRN MEETING
We cordially invite you to attend the 94th EGPRN meeting that will be held in İstanbul, Turkey between12-15May2022. The theme of this meeting is "Optimizing the organizationoffamilymedicinepractice" .Lastday tosubmityourabstractisJanuary30th. FindmoreinformationandregisterHERE.
12 - 15 MAY 2022 REGISTER NOW
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest and most rapid disruption to the practices and trainingoffamilyphysicians.Ithasrevealedgaps in the capacity of our health care systems, but it has also led to a surge in resiliency, innovation, and gained experience as primary care providers andeducatorsadapttothisnewparadigm. The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine is excitedtolaunchthe2ndmoduletotheFMPivot EducationalInitiative.Ithasbeendevelopedbya team of global Besrour Centre partners to help family physicians and family medicine educators prepare for similar challenges in the future withintheirowncontexts. Our module “Chronic Disease Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities” is now available for free. The onlinemoduleaimstoapplyglobalexperiencein adaptations of chronic disease management during the pandemic to improve quality and efficiencyofcare. Startthislearningmodulehere. Series of five modules focus on global health emergency competencies with five themes: Community-based research, chronic disease, mental health, virtual education and disaster preparedness. First module released in September 2021 “Research Questions in Pandemics and Other Crises: An introduction for familymedicineresearchers” . Modulesavailableforfreehere.
BESROUR CENTRE: CALL OF ABSTRACTS EXTENDED
DR. PATRICK CHEGE MEMORIAL RESEARCH AWARD
The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (Besrour Centre) is pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the Dr. Patrick Chege Memorial Research Award for posters being presented at the College of Family Physicians of Canada™ (CFPC)’s Family Medicine Forum (FMF). Presentations will be posted online during VirtualFMFonly,fromNovember16to19,2022. • Submission deadline: Extended to Friday, June 17,2022 •Submitto:Besrourcentre@cfpc.ca •Viewtheposterguidelines
ELIGIBILITY
• Clinical research, program evaluation/quality improvement, and medical education projects areencouraged,providedascholarlyapproachis taken
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BESROUR CENTRE: CALL OF ABSTRACTS EXTENDED
Projects by individuals from single institutions are accepted; however, preference is given to projects involving collaboration among Besrour Centre partners, with an emphasis on encouraging collaboration among individuals from high-income countries and low- to middleincomecountries
We encourage novice and experienced researchers to submit abstracts. If you are interested in mentorship in this regard, the Besrour Centre’s Scientific Committee is available to provide support. Please reach out to us and a committee member will be pleased to connect with you to offer advice, answer questions,orprovideconstructivefeedback.
ABSTRACT MENTORSHIP
BEST POSTER AWARD
Posters are judged by a panel of peers. Please see our poster guidelines for more details about theaward. Please contact Besrour Centre with any questionsyoumayhave.
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MCGILL FMER: INTERNATIONAL AWARDS IN FAMILY MEDICINE EDUCATION RESEARCH
The McGill Family Medicine Education Research Group (FMER) is proud to announce the sponsorship of ‘The Pierre Pluye International Mixed Methods Thesis and Dissertations Awards in Family Medicine Education’ to celebrate the original and influential contribution of Dr. Pierre Pluye, founding member of the FMER, to the advancement of mixed methods research and mixed studies reviews in general, and of the family medicine education field of inquiry in particular. These awards are aimed to distinguish the work of promising new researchers committed to the advancement of science in family medicine educationresearcharoundtheworld. As of the academic year 2021-2022, two academic awards – one for the best MSc thesis, and one for the best PhD dissertation – will therefore be granted by an Award FMER EvaluationCommitteechairedbyDr.Pluye. The committee will include at least two other FMER researchers, and two FMER-affiliated graduate students (one MSc student and one PhDstudentorcandidate).
ELIGIBILITY
Submission period: May 1st to August 31st,
2022. Candidates must have completed their thesis or dissertation no earlier than two academic years prior submission, i.e., before August31st,2020. Thethesisordissertationmustmeet3criteria: a)be related to research in family medicine education; b)must uses mixed methods in empirical researchand/orliteraturereview; c)bewritteninEnglishorFrench.
APPLICATION – PROCEDURE Applications must include the five documents detailed below. Incomplete applications will be disregarded: • A cover letter in which the candidate clearly indicates the award s/he is applying for (thesis or dissertation);introduces him/herself, the program and institution in which s/he graduated, as well as his/her research supervisors; and briefly describestheinvestigationconducted. • An abstract of maximum 500 words that summarizes the thesis/dissertation. Particular attention should be given to the description and justification of the mixed methods (empirical research and/or review) adopted in accordance with GRAMMS (Good Reporting of Mixed Methods Studies), and of the major theoretical, empirical, methodological, and practical contributions to thesciencesoffamilymedicineeducation. • AcopyofthethesisinPDFformat. • An updated version of the candidate’s CurriculumVitae.
•Aletterofsupportfromthecandidate’sprincipal researchsupervisor(specifyingthatthethesishas beenapprovedtoobteinaPHDDegree. Readthecompleteinformationhere.
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II CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE MEDICINA FAMILIAR DEL ECUADOR
QUITO, ECUADOR
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1 DE JUNIO A 4 DE JUNIO REGÍSTRESE AHORA
DIGITAL CONFERENCE
HONG KONG PRIMARY CARE CONFERENCE 2022
CHAIRLADY’S MESSAGE
On behalf of the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians, the members of the Organizing Committee and myself, we are very proud to announce the “13th Hong Kong Primary Care Conference” under the overarching theme of: “Committed. Versatile. Ever-growing: Primary Health Care in the Time of COVID” which will be heldonlinefrom17thto19thofJune2022. Asalways,ourhallmarkconference,heldonlinefor the past 2 years, has continue to enthral our participants with its well-curated program. Our programwillretainthewellreceivedstructurewith various theme-based seminars, plenary sessions, interactive workshops and interesting discussion forum. This annual event offers an inspiring platform for bringing together international and local experts, family physicians, nurses and primary care professionals to promote collaborative and networking opportunities in addressing present andfuturechallenges. Last but not least, I cordially invite you to submit casestooursignatureclinicalcasecompetition,as well as abstracts to our full and free paper competitions. So please stay tuned for further details I strongly believe that you will undoubtedly have a fruitful and enjoyable learning experience in the forthcomingconference.
Dr. Lorna Ng Chairlady, Organizing Committee Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2022
17 - 19 JUNE 2022
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