THE EGPRN SPRING MEETING IN KUSADASI—TURKEY 16–19 MAY 2013
Chances are high, that when you read this, the 76th EGPRN meeting in Kusadasi, Turkey will be a past event. Between 16 and 19 May 2013, the meeting was held in parallel to the 12th National Congress of Family Medicine organized by the Turkish Association of Family Physicians (TAHUD). The title of the conference was ‘Risky Behaviours and Healthy Outcomes in Primary Health Care.’ The location of the meeting was Kusadasi, a peninsula with a charming holiday resort situated on the beautiful Aegean coastline of Western Turkey close to historic sites like Ephesus, Pamukkale and Didyma. Keynotes and pre-conference workshops addressed the theme, with state-of-the-art evidence, highlighting the importance of family medicine for efficiency in health promotion and preventive care. There were pre-conference workshops on research methodology ‘Qualitative research on health behaviour,’ ‘Developing and validating translations of questionnaires: theory and practice,’ and clinical approach ‘Approach to substance misuse-abuse in Primary Health Care; screening and brief interventions,’ ‘How can behaviour change be measured and understood? Materials and Methods,’ introducing the participants to the theme of the meeting and enriching the scientific programme. For more information visit http://meeting.egprn.org/. A report will follow in the next issue of this journal.
THE EGPRN AT THE 20TH WONCA WORLD CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC 25–29 JUNE 2013
At the 20th Wonca World Conference, the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) will contribute actively. Here is a list and brief description of the EGPRN workshops:
(1) ‘Evidence based new Wonca definition & the EGPRN Research Agenda,’ by Mehmet Ungan.
EGPRN's ‘European Research Agenda’ intends to complement the EURACT Educational Teaching Agenda, which addresses academic and vocational training. The starting point for developing the RA was the domain of general practice in Europe, as described in the six core competencies (the eleven characteristics comprised therein) of the Wonca definition. A second framework was the core domains of GP/FM research, including also: (i) Research on education and research on teaching in general practice; (ii) Sources in RA on Educational research; (iii) Teaching & Learning effects in Research Agenda. Aim of the workshop is to search for published evidences to be used in a new definition.
(2) ‘TRANSFoRm: development of a diagnostic decision support tool for primary care,’ by Derek Corrigan, Theo Arvanitis, Olga Kostopoulou, and Jean Karl Soler.
The ongoing TRANSFoRm project is currently developing a diagnostic decision support tool that can be deployed as part of a shared electronic infrastructure more broadly supporting translational medicine for primary care. This workshop will present progress to date on the three strands of decision support activities: diagnostic strategies, clinical evidence modelling and interface design.
(3) ‘Writing for Publication’ an EGPRN/EJGP/VdGM joint workshop by Jelle Stoffers and colleagues from VdGM.
Expected participants will be both authors interested in research or medical writing with little or no previous experience in publishing and also more experienced authors willing to share their experiences. The aim of this workshop is to give participants knowledge about successfully preparing a manuscript for a medical journal.
EGPRN-EURIPA JOINT MEETING 17–20 OCTOBER 2013
The EGPRN and the European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association (EURIPA) have decided to organize a joined meeting in Malta from 17 to 20 October 2013. The title of the conference is: ‘Research into different contexts in General Practice/Family Medicine: rural vs. urban perspectives.’ Contributions on this topic from Primary Care researchers from all over Europe are warmly welcome. Expected deadline to send in abstracts: 30 June 2013 online submission: http://meeting.egprn.org/
More information on EGPRN at our website: http://www.egprn.org/