Society for Academic Primary Care
There are still places available for the 2017 SEDA conference - a full-day event dedicated to exploring the leading palliative and supportive care research carried out by the SEDA group at the Hull York Medical School.
'Primary care research is a key integral in the further advancement and development of primary care in a healthcare context of several complex challenges globally. We aim to in this half-day seminar provide an introduction to primary care research for all general practice doctors (FREE for trainee GP AiTs) through informing, conversing, and discussing the WHY, HOW, and WHAT of primary care research. All our welcome to attend this regional seminar in the West Midlands.
What is therapeutic empathy?
What kind of empathy is beneficial to patients and practitioners?
Tuesday, 24th October 2017, Hosted by the Oxford Empathy Programme, University of Oxford
There is growing evidence to suggest that empathy may benefit patients and practitioners. However, some argue that empathy is impossible to achieve and could even cause harm. Join us at this interactive one-day workshop that brings together clinicians, researchers and patients to explore these conflicting aspects of empathy in healthcare and research.
Just as I valued being able to present my work abroad (at SAPC), I thought others in the SAPC community might want to do the same thing by presenting here in Canada. I am a Canadian family physician researcher who has presented at SAPC twice - once as the 2011 SAPC/NAPCRG Travel Prize Recipient (“Nocturnal leg cramps and prescriptions that precede them”) and again in 2014 when I chose to submit another research presentation.
A revision course for clinicians sitting the Diploma in Geriatric Medicine. Run by experienced clinicians in the field, including SAPC member Dr Cat Roberts.
Full details available here.
The SAPC North Team are looking forward to welcoming you to this year's SAPC North Conference.
The meeting is being held 23-24 November at the Castle Green Hotel in Kendal.
The organising team are now inviting submission of abstracts for oral or poster presentation.
To submit, please send your abstract as a word document with the following headings:
This meeting will be organised by St George's University London
Further details will be posted here.
In the meantime if you would like further information please email the team.
Keynote speakers; Professor Roger Jones, Professor David Fitzmaurice and College Chair Helen Stokes-Lampard.
Abstract submission deadline: 25th February 2018 at 11pm