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HEALTHY LUNG MASTERCLASS ASIA WEBINAR
SEVERE ASTHMA – IS IT TIME TO REFER?
The next Healthy Lung Masterclass Asia (HLMA) webinar, entitled “Is it time to refer to tertiary care?” , will take place on 22 September 2022, 19:00–20:25(UTC+8). Prof Alberto Papi (Italy) will be discussing the assessment of difficult-to-treat and severe asthma and when to refer patients to tertiary care. Dr Fu Pin-Kuei (Taiwan) will provide a casebased discussion on how to maintain continuity of care for referred patients. The session will be chairedbyDrBudhiAntariksa(Indonesia). HLMA is an educational programme focused on asthma care, developed especially for primary care physicians across Asia in collaboration with WONCA. Welookforwardtoseeingyouthere!
ISITTIMETOREFERTOTERTIARYCARE? 22SEPT2022,19:00–20:25(UTC+8)
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The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine: YearinReview
TheCentreispleasedtoshareourYearinReview Report. The idea of the Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine was born out of the tragedies of the humanitariancrisisinDarfurSudanthatbeganin 2003, the Banda Aceh tsunami in Indonesia in 2004andtheHaitianearthquakeof2010. Since the official opening of the Besrour Centre in 2015, it has matured both as a discipline and as a centre. Today, it doens't only advocate for family medicine and its role in improving patient care, but also for the models of care throughout the health system that are based on family medicine principles. Over the last six years, their focus has shifted from building family medicine capacity in low- and middle-income countries to studying and promoting family medicine-led modelsaroundtheworld. The global COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of our work. It continues to highlight that global problems require global solutions—itisnotjustanurgentmoralissue,it’s a global public health issue. The pandemic also highlighted gaps in and between health systems around the world. Capacity has been stretched everywhere, revealing areas where access remains problematic, and where integration at the system level is still lacking. At the same time, it revealed incredible innovation and perseverance. As the pandemic continues to vacillate between infectious and chronic impacts, improved integration and the adaptability of family medicine will be key in all health system contexts, including Canada. All of Besrour Centre’s initiatives are exploring or demonstrating how family doctors are leading at thistime.
The collective journey highlights that capacity building takes time and determination. To continue this work, we need your ongoing engagement, partnership, and help. "We are deeply appreciative of the funding provided by the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine (FAFM) and all our partners that helps fuel our work. As always, we are indebted to Dr. Sadok Besrour for his vision and perennial support to buildtheCentre" .
"Together, we are a vibrant network of community-based leaders and partners that continue to learn from one another. Our collective efforts are strengthening family medicine-led models that are at the heart of health systems around the world and, in turn, improveequitableaccesstocare' .
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JOIN THE 11TH EURIPA RURAL HEALTH FORUM
The 11th EURIPA Rural Health Forum will take place from 6th to 8th October 2022 at Catania, Sicily. ThevenuefortheForumistheDiocesanMuseum onviaEtnea8,inCatania.
Programmedetails It is anticipated that the programme will consist of two parallel sessions, made up of oral communications, workshops and posters. An outlineoftheprogrammeisavailablehere.
Practice visits will be arranged for Saturday morning 8th October but capacity will be limited so please sign up when you register for the Forum.
The registration fee includes coffee breaks and the welcome reception on the terrace of the Diocesan Museum. But please note that lunches are not included in the registration fee –delegates will be free to ‘do their own thing’ at lunch time. There are many cafes and hotels in thevicinityofthemuseumforlunches. The lunch breaks will enable you to enjoy this time visiting the characteristic fish market or tasting typical Sicilian food in the restaurants and bars nearby which offer also a variety of specialties such as arancini, the refreshing granita and the unique ricotta flavour of the famous cannoli. During the break, you can take a stroll in via Etnea – the high street facing the event’s venue – and enjoy the view of the baroque palaces, go shopping, have a glass of wine al fresco or take a rest in one of the hotels located at walking distance. For the sea enthusiasts, just 2 km from the city centre, there is a pleasant seaside promenade going from the golden sand beaches to the black volcanic lava stonecliffs. The welcome reception and coffee breaks will take place on the terrace of the Diocesan Museum, featuring an amazing view of the city andMountEtna.
WewillholdtheRuralDinnerwithtypicalSicilian dishes at the “Dimora De Mauro” a building from the beginning of the nineteenth century located in the baroque heart of the historical centre of Catania. It is on Via Gesualdo Clementi, a ten minutewalkfromtheForumvenue.
Places at the Rural Dinner are limited. When you register to attend the Forum you can reserve your place at the Rural Dinner (including wine) and payment of 40 euro will be required at the same time as you make your payment to attend theForum.
There is an opportunity to explore more of Sicily by taking part in our ‘Tourist Offer’: a bus trip to Syracuse and Ortigia on the afternoon of Saturday 8th October. You can find out more here. You will need to pay for the 'Tourist Offer' at the same time as you make your payment to attendtheForum.
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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).
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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.
