2020 RNZCGP /WONCA Conference in Auckland, NZ

Intro:
M.E. Awareness NZ are investigating how we can bring quality education sessions on ME/CFS to the 2020 RNZCGP (Royal NZ College of GPs) conference (perhaps cover MUS also?). This conference is being combined with WONCA Asia Pacific, so there will be a lot of overseas GPs attending as well. WONCA is a Global Family Doctor conference.

We may have funding to bring international speakers here. Who would be a dream presenter or team? to deliver a session to GPs and that falls within the 2020 focuses listed below.

Closing Dates for submissions:
Abstract submissions close on 31st October 2019.
http://www.woncanz2020.com/wonca20/call_for_abstracts/callforabstracts


2020 Theme:

• Family Medicine leading the way towards an advanced world of equity, quality and compassion.
• “During the conference we will explore the scientific and human contributions we can make to create a future that embraces progress, while still retaining the core values needed to move us towards the goal of equal health for all.”

The conference will include the following sub themes:

• Clinical research that informs daily practice
• Ways to achieve a more equitable future with equal health outcomes for all
• All aspects of Quality Improvement
• The importance of compassion, of continuity of care and other core values of family practice
• Innovation in health care delivery, integration
• Benefits and potential harms of advances in technology
• Sustainability in all its forms
• Particular issues focusing on Rural Health

Dates: 23 April - 26 April 2020

Details:

• http://www.conference.co.nz/wonca20 or http://www.woncanz2020.com/wonca20
• https://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/Conferences/AsiaPacificregionconference2020.aspx

 

@Gretel @theJOYdecision @Dolvi18 @Ravn

 

Thanks @Hutan. So grateful for the way that you could link presenters to the themes

 

Based on my very limited knowledge, knowledge of just one New Zealand GP, it does seem that this annual conference is well supported and highly regarded by GPs there.

If it can be used by a Lightning Process practitioner to gain access to the medical profession and indirectly to health planning, surely it can be used also as a force for good for people with ME.

 

Please, please, can we have all of them? I know, I know, practicalities...

But I'd sponsor a side trip to Tiritiri Matangi Island for @Jonathan Edwards! Lots of beautiful birds - and the island trust runs an annual bird photo competition, too. Anything else we can tempt you with @Jonathan Edwards? And don't worry about flight emissions either, I'll get my husband to plant extra trees in our bush regeneration project to offset them.

Heidi Nicholls could also talk about their new GP education thingy which I'm sure could be angled to cover several of the sub themes of the conference.

IIRC Lucinda Bateman was working on a Project Echo type thing, that could be interesting, too, and fit in with equitable and rural access.

 

I am afraid I will be at a conference in Glasgow on arthritis then but I am planning to get to NZ one of these days.

 

I’ve got kiwi just up the road in a DOC reserve..... you can stay @Jonathan Edwards !

 

Let's book you in for the 2021 conference then

 

I think I might be gearing up for February 2021 for NZ. If there are relevant events then I might be able to get involved.

 

IIRC the people at ME Awareness NZ are collecting dates for events of that sort (@RoseE).

An insider's tip from somebody who used to work for an inbound travel agent: if you don't have any particular reason for travelling in NZ in January or February consider avoiding those months, they are peak tourist season, expensive and busy. The same increasingly applies to December and March, my former colleagues tell me. April would be my pick, generally nice autumn weather and less busy.

On the other hand, recalling the year spent in the UK as a child, February is definitely a month when the lure of the antipodes becomes very tempting indeed.

Whenever you choose to come, you'll be welcome.

 

We can get very cold southerly weather during this month. If you like warmer temperatures and taking a swim, Jan, Feb, March are best.

 

Hi @Jonathan Edwards, re times to come to NZ...
cc @Ravn

Key conferences held each year in NZ as follows:

• May (3 days - 2nd week?) - RACP Congress (Royal Australasian College of Physicians) - Held alternately in Australia and NZ. This often has MUS sessions.
• June (4 days - 2nd to last weekend?) - NZMA GP CME North (NZ Medical Association) - normally in Rotorua
• July (4 days over last weekend) - RNZCGP (Royal NZ College of GPs) GP Conference - Note in 2020 will be in April instead & combined with Wonca.
• August (4 days - 2nd weekend?) - NZMA GP CME South - Christchurch

We have started a google doc for conferences in Australasia, but it is a work in progress. But when you start to firm up your visit please get in touch with us.

Other opportunities:
Obviously if you wanted to come when there are no conferences on (and should you have time in amongst the bird watching), we could look at organising some media interviews, meetings at universities & hospital Physicians, or more personalised presentation sessions with Physicians.

 

Just noting some more info I got from RNZCGP re the Wonca 2020 conference...