Dear Congress participants,
To request your certificate of participation, please click here and just follow the instructions.
Feel free to contact us at info@virtualcongressgpfm.com if you have any questions or remarks.
We hope to see you in the next Virtual Congress!
Best regards,
The Organization Committee.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Dear Congress participants,
The Scientific Committee proudly announces the two prize-winning presentations of the Second Virtual Congress of General Practice and Family Medicine.
The best e-oral presentation was Coronary and Non-Coronary Cardiovascular Risk in 5 Health Units of Oporto District, authored by Cláudia Oliveira, Catarina Assunção, Teresa Pinto, Cristiana Rolão, Luís Alves.
The best e-poster presentation was Depression - Family: Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution, authored by Miriam Silva, Gorete Fonseca, Jaquelina Santos.
Congratulations to all authors for their contribution and thank you all for participating.
We wish you a wonderful 2010.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Dear Congress participants,
We have reached the end of the Second Virtual Congress of General Practice and Family Medicine, a unique web event that joined more than 1200 doctors and other healthcare professionals from 75 different countries.
In the last 3 months more than 150 scientific presentations were presented online, focusing a wide range of areas in medical knowledge, such as eHealth, patient empowerment, peer-to-peer communication, disease prevention and treatment.
It is with great honor that we announce the closing ceremony, that is available here. The kind words of Fernando Santos, chairman of the Second Virtual Congress, and the closing lecture "Consumers and Science Behind Healthcare" by Janet Wale, convenor of The Cochrane Consumer Network, surely bring a unique ending to this event.
During the following days, the scientific committee will announce the winners of the best e-oral presentation and best e-poster presentation.
My best wishes, and a joyous holiday season.
Alexandre Gouveia
Sunday, December 20, 2009
In the name of the Organizing Committee, I am proud to announce the Opening Ceremony of the Second Virtual Congress of General Practice and Family Medicine.
We hope you will enjoy the conference and we are looking forward for your feedback.
My best wishes,
Alexandre Gouveia
Monday, September 21, 2009
Greetings!
Whether you're enjoying your well deserved holidays (for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere), or simply worrying about the evolution of the H1N1 flu pandemic, we've got something for you.
And guess what? You don't even have to leave the beach to keep up with the latest flu updates in your area or to to read about the most recent developments of the virtual congress. It's all coming to a screen near you.
Have a go at http://pandemicflu.bmj.com. You will be able to follow the hottest discussions in BMJ Journals, BMJ Podcasts, and the BMJ's virtual community of doctors, do2doc. (...)
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Hey folks,
Did you miss us?
Well, we have been way too busy, but we now have finally got some disclosure to do... we have finally completed reviewing all abstracts, and authors have inclusively been notified via email of the decisions made by the Scientific Committee.
Congratulations to all those of you who've made it!
Ok, now pay attention to this... In about a week's time you will receive instructions by email on how to upload your final works. You will have the period from June to 15 July to do this, so for the time being just keep an eye on your inbox!
If needed, contact us at info@virtualcongressgpfm.com
Carpe Diem
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
If you haven't submitted your abstract, please do it during today.
The abstract submission period will end at 30 April 24.00 GMT.
Submit here.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Ok, this one is specially dedicated to the GP's who are all Social and Professional Networking buffs.
If there is one event (apart from the Virtual Congress of course!) you shouldn't miss (unless you're sick, broke or can come up with a more than valid reason), you shouldn't miss, this is it.
Medicine 2.0'09 - International Conference on Social Networking and Web 2.0 in Medicine and Health
Location: MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
September 17 - September 18, 2009
The mind behind this all is Canada's import from Germany, Dr Gunter Eysenbach, who has set up an event which is proving to gather the world's leading minds of Web 2.0 in medicine and setting the latest cutting-edge trends. Do I need to say anything else?
More information on: http://www.medicine20congress.com
Monday, April 20, 2009
The Organizing Committee of the Second Virtual Congress announces that the final deadline for abstract submission has been extended until the
Due to the agreement that was settled between the Scientific Committee of the Second Virtual Congress and the Scientific Committee of the 26th National GP Meeting that occurred in Vilamoura, the abstracts accepted for presentation in Vilamoura will be accepted in the Virtual Congress as presented (oral or poster), without further evaluation.
To submit your abstract please click here.
Monday, March 30, 2009
For some of you, this might seem like more of the same.
For others, it might probably be a life-saver.
Let's face it, IT is nowadays practically an extension of our physical life, but not everyone navigates through it with the same degree of proficiency.
Whether you are just starting out and just want to learn how to use the internet and email, or are an advanced user and want to delve into web design and programming, this is also the site for you. We won't give you that evil look if you decide to create a virtual congress, because there is also material here to get you learning the ropes about online medical communities.
http://www.itrainonline.org
Monday, March 30, 2009
2nd Virtual Congress Organizing and Scientific Committee members Fernando Santos, Sebnem Bilgen, Alexandre Gouveia, Tiago Villanueva, Ana Margarida Cruz, Vasco Queiroz, Fátima Teixeira and Manuel Janeiro headed south to shake the world of General Practice/Family Medicine, during the 26th Portuguese meeting of General Practice, in Vilamoura. (...)
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Organizing Committee of the Second Virtual Congress announces that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until the
To submit an abstract please click here.
Friday, February 27, 2009
North America may still be the planet's prime technological haven, but Europe seems not to have fallen asleep, and to actually to have the edge right now as far as Information Technologies (IT) in Primary Health care are concerned.
The BMJ has given coverage this week to a recently published study in the journal "Health Policy", which compared the use of IT among Family Physicians in 7 leading developed countries. The use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in the USA or Canada is still lagging far behind among its peers in Europe and Oceania, findings which become more credible if we consider that doctors who reported using EHR were more likely to be providing better quality care, which is ultimately what matters.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
This initiative is worth praising. India is proving to be force to reckon with in terms of e-health empowerment. With such a frank shortage of primary care physicians in rural and remote areas, First Care Health seems to be a breath of fresh air. This initiative consists on an e-leaning platform that is expecting to train community health workers in order to provide primary health care to underserved populations. What else will India have in store?
www.firstcarehealth.in
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Our fourth newsletter is finally out. This month, two big names of Iberian GP/Family Medicine, Dr Luís Pisco and Dr Enrique Gavilan treat us to some insightful and inspiring thoughts on e-health empowerment and the Second Virtual Congress.
We would of course, be delighted to hear from all of you, so please feel free to send us your thoughts and comments, since we might post some of them up here on our homepage.
Read the fourth newsletter here.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
If you are having difficulties in registering on the Second Virtual Congress of General Practice and Family Medicine, please send an email to info@virtualcongressgpfm.com or webmaster@virtualcongressgpfm.com with some detailed information (such as web browser - Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Safari; operative system - Windows, Mac or Linux; public or home access to Internet).
We are willing to provide all the needed support.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
The Organizing Committee reminds all the congress participants that the Second Virtual Congress of GP/FM only accepts abstracts and finalworks written in english.
We consider that due to the significant participation of colleagues from different countries (at the moment from 50 different countries), it is of great importance that all the presented works can be read and therefore understood.
Friday, January 16, 2009
The Second Virtual Congress of General Practice and Family Medicine has oficially launched its website on the 5th September 2008 at the 14th Wonca Europe Conference held in Istanbul - Turkey.
Friday, September 05, 2008