University Antwerp & EURACT
Center for General Practice, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Professor Nele Michels M.D, Ph.D. is general practitioner at a group practice and assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Ph.D. thesis (2012) ‘Portfolio learning and assessing at the workplace: development, reliability and validity’). Since 2020 she is president of EURACT. She is educational coordinator and vice-director of the Educational Committee General Practice at the Centre for General Practice, Antwerp and co-coordinator of the Skills Lab at the Faculty of Medicine. For the Flemish Interuniversity Centre for the Education of General Practitioners she is director of the Steering Group Workplace Learning. Board Member of the Educational Council at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Board Member of the Educational Council at the University of Antwerp. She is an active member of the Scientific Committee of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Medical Education. Focus of research is medical education, workplace learning, competence-based education, burnout and resilience, and capacity building in GP. She has both national and international publications and is promotor and co-promotor of national and international research PhD projects (e.g. VLIR-UOS TEAM project on intercultural competences, Loja - Ecuador). She coordinates an Erasmus Mobility project with the Tbilis Medical Academy, Georgia.

Moderator of 1 Session

ROUND TABLE SESSION
Session Type
ROUND TABLE SESSION
Date
07.07.2021, Wednesday
Session Time
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Room
Hall 1
Session Description
In this session the main focus is to enable participants to have discussions with colleagues on three items: 1. How are we managing COVID in our daily clinical work? 2. How are we facing the challenges of the long lasting symptoms of COVID-19 often referred to as Long Covid ? 3. What are the problems and possible solutions of managing COVID-19 in migrants? This session will start with presentations then go into breakout rooms enabling you to listen, share and reflect upon experiences from colleagues across Europe. During the presentations, Dr Nisreen Alwan, an associate professor from the University of Southampton, will inform you on the long-term effects of COVID-19. A considerable number of patients are suffering from long COVID-19. She will discuss the challenges of this new syndrome and it’s implications for daily practice. Prof Maria van den Muijsenbergh, an academic GP from the Netherlands, has extensive experience in caring for refugees and other vulnerable migrants. In her talk, she will highlight some specific issues when caring for migrant patients with COVID. Her practical tips will help GPs to provide person centered culturally sensitive care for their patients. This Round Table will enable you to exchange views, discuss different approaches and learn from each other. In short, the very reason many of you decided to join this WONCA congress!

Session organised by the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG), the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) primary care working group and the General practice Research on Infections Network (GRIN)

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EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY CARE: WHAT IS GOING ON IN EUROPE? - SPEAKERS

Date
09.07.2021, Friday
Session Time
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Room
Hall 2
Lecture Time
01:30 PM - 01:30 PM
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GP/FM EDUCATION IN/AFTER THE PANDEMIC

Date
09.07.2021, Friday
Session Time
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Room
Hall 2
Lecture Time
04:30 PM - 04:35 PM
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Abstract

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The health care system and its patients deserve a strong and well-trained GP/FM workforce. The pandemic is weighing heavily on this workforce and their training. At all educational levels (BME, ST, CME), challenges arose.

Clearly, education must be better prepared for a pandemic, both as regards required competences and as regards learning- and assessment methods. People need to stay in touch with peers, teachers and trainers. Attention should be paid to the feeling of being overburdened. Trainees should be encouraged to take responsibility for learning processes. Finally, much attention must be paid to job satisfaction and well-being.

But no challenges without opportunities. Learning new competencies should be encouraged, e.g. pandemic-related competencies, organizational skills and teleconsulting. The development of a toolbox for learning/evaluation with new and creative tools can lead to revised curricula to prepare young GPs for a new future. Networks and collaborations should be broadened, so trainees and trainers feel to be supported. This empowerment makes people taking control of their own growth. Collaboration with public health and secondary care in training situations should be strengthened. Finally, the power of a strong learning environment with caring networks, a place for vulnerability and humanity is confirmed.

Despite this crisis, insights have been gained and the entire education system learns from the necessary changes. Attention to good practices will enable (European) countries to support each other. We must believe in new opportunities so that our current educational practices improve, our GP/FM workforce becomes stronger and patients get the care they deserve.

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