Abstract submissions have closed
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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