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The Conference Organising Committee thanks those of you who participated and were involved in the conference and made it an outstanding program for everyone.

To view the Wonca Asia Pacific Regional Conference combined with the RACGP Annual Scientific Convention 2008 program, poster listing and abstracts, please click on the below links:

Conference Program

Conference Posters

Should you have any concerns, please contact The Meeting Planners on telephone +61 3 9417 0888, fax +61 3 9417 0899 or email wonca2008@meetingplanners.com.au

Overview

The Scientific Program Committee accepted submissions for the following:

•  Workshops (1 hour duration)
•  Short Papers (15 minutes duration)
•  Mini Oral Posters (5 minutes duration and poster)
•  Posters

Themes

The major theme of the Conference was ‘A celebration of diversity' . This indicates that general practice undertakes a wide range of activities to support communities in different settings and countries.

Within this context, sub-themes were arranged as follows:

1.  Health service issues

•  Service delivery
•  Health care systems
•  Change management
•  Special interest groups
•  Medical workforce including the migration of doctors
•  Divisions of general practice and other professional bodies
•  Other

2.  Clinical care

•  Women's health
•  Men's health
•  Child health
•  Non-communicable diseases
•  Aged care
•  Complex care
•  Mental health
•  Complementary medicine
•  HIV, TB, malaria and other communicable diseases
•  Other

3.  Social and cultural contexts

•  The doctor-patient relationship
•  Patient expectations
•  Ethical and medicolegal issues
•  Social determinants of health
•  Other

4.  Education

•  Undergraduate
•  GP training
•  Continuing professional development
•  Other

5.  Research

•  Clinical
•  Health service
•  Methodology
•  Capacity building
•  Other

6.  Primary health care in challenging environments

•  Delivering primary health care in developing countries
•  GPs supporting health needs in developing communities
•  Indigenous health, including Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders health
•  Disadvantaged populations
•  Refugee and migrant health
•  Equity and access to care
•  Other

The RACGP Alan Chancellor Award 2008

The Alan Chancellor Award is presented each year to the general practitioner considered to be the best first time presenter of a research paper at the RACGP Annual Scientific Convention. The prize is $500 and an engraved medallion and is given in memory of Dr Alan Chancellor, a founding member of the college National Research and Evaluation Ethics Committee.

Congratulations to the winner of the RACGP Alan Chancellor Award 2008 - Dr Kevin Sweeney, Professor Dimity Pond and Dr Parker Magin for ‘Patient attitudes to medical students in general practice: consent and confidentiality'.

2008 NHMRC's NICS Evidence into Action Prize

The National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) awarded a $1000 prize for the paper or poster that best demonstrated improving health care by closing an identified gap between the available evidence and clinical practice, within Australian health care settings.

Congratulations to the winner of the 2008 NHMRC's NICS Evidence Into Action Prize – Dr Jeremy Bunker, Professor Nicholas Zwar, Dr Sanjyot Vagholkar, Dr Sarah Dennis, Dr Guy Marks and Professor Alan Crockett for ‘A project to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of case finding of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by practice nurses in general practice' .

Contact

For further information, please contact the Conference Organisers:
The Meeting Planners
Tel: +61 3 9417 0888
Fax: +61 3 9417 0899
Email: wonca2008@meetingplanners.com.au

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