Programme

Main Conference

Main Conference


4th May 2024
Time	Hall A	Hall B	Hall C	Hall D	Hall E
7.30am	Registration
8.30am	Welcome
9.00am	Plenary 1- Prof Karen Flegg- "Strengthening Primary care through Family Medicine."
9.30 am	Plenary- 2 Prof Anna Stavdal -"Core values of Family Medicine - a global common denominator"
10.00am	Tea
10.30 am	Symposium 1 Being sensitive to hypersensitivity	Guest Lecture 1 Globalization of healthcare. Effect of family physicians migration on primary care in South Asia Prof Marie Andradess	Workshop 1 Workshop by WONCA core values project(10.30 am to 12.noon)	Role of clinical audit in primary care. Prof Tabinda Ashfaq (30 minutes)	Oral Presentations - Session 1 Mental health
11.00 am		Guest Lecture 2 Narrative medicine educational interventions to inculcate empathy and professionalism in medical students Prof Nandani de Silva		Elderly care Case based discussion Dr Roshni JhanGanguly (30 minutes)
11.30am	Symposium 2 Somewhere over the rainbow: understanding and responding to health issues of the LGBTIQ community	Symposium 3 Lifestyle be thy medicine		Workshop 2 WONCA Working Party on Women and Family Medicine	Oral Presentations - Session 2 Palliative care & elderly care

12.30 pm	LUNCH
1.30 pm	Plenary 3 - Prof Val Wass - "Sustainable health care development : how nurturing WONCA Family Medicine values impact."
2.00pm	Plenary 4 - Prof Kay Mohanna - "Professional identity formation: medical education - responsibilities and role models"
2.30 pm	Guest Lecture 3 Medicines: getting it right with older adults Prof Chandani Wanigathunga	Guest Lecture 4 Ensuring patient safety in primary care Prof Janaka Ramanayake	Oral Presentations - Session 3 Miscellaneous 1	Workshop 3 South Asian Region Working Party on Research(2.30 to 4.00)	Oral Presentations - Session 4 Medical education
3.00 pm	Symposium 4 "AWaRe"- Towards antibiotic stewardship	Symposium 5 Navigating challenges- Primary care paradigms in South Asia
4.00pm	Tea

6.30pm onwards	Ceremonial Opening & Reception


5th May 2024
Time	Hall A	Hall B	Hall C	Hall D	Hall E
7.30 am	Registration
8.30am	Plenary 5- Prof Michael Kidd - "Clinician leadership for Family doctors"
9.00 am	Plenary 6 - Prof Viviana Matinenz-Bianchi - "Family doctors improving health for all - Health equity as personal value"
9.30 am	Symposium 6 Facing the next phase with grace - Menopause	Symposium 7 Innovations in primary care: Harnessing AI for better healthcare	Meeting of South Asia young doctors movement (30 minutes)	Workshop 4 Enhancing knowledge and skills of General Practitioners (GPs) in South Asia: Introducing a blended learning certificate course in Family Medicineby MRCGP(SA)team	Oral Presentations - Session 5 Primary care
			Emerging models of family practice in South Asia region A panel discussion (30 minutes)
10.30am	Tea
11.00 am	Guest Lecture 5 Advocacy to act of Parliament - Journey of Family Medicine in India. Dr Raman Kumar	Guest Lecture 6 Diabetic foot care in Family Practice Prof Firdous Jahan	South Asia Council meeting.	Workshop 5 WONCA Working Party on Rural Health	Oral Presentations - Session 6 Cardiovascular, respiratory and emergency
11.30 am	Guest Lecture 7 Global health research. Prof Athula Sumathipala	Guest Lecture 8 Evaluation and management of autoimmune conditions in primary care. Prof Suranjith Seneviratne
12.00 noon	Symposium 8 Beyond the looks:Symposium on Adolescent health	Symposium 9 Shedding light to the dark nights-Palliative care		Workshop 6 WONCA Working Party on Education	Oral Presentations - Session 7 Miscellaneous 2

1.00pm	Lunch
1.55 pm	Plenary 7- Dr Garth Manning -"Training and assessing the future GP"
2.15 pm	Session by College of General Practitioners Sri Lanka -Role of the GP in Universal Health Coverage; South Asian perspective Bridging the gap between state and private sector - Dr Preethi Wijegoonewardene How the College helped me to deliver in any General Practice clinic - Dr Suneth Rajawasan Operationalization of bridging in the gap - Dr K Chandrasekher The way forward - Dr Dilini Baranage
3.15pm	Guest Lecture 9 Infection prevention and control in primary health care workers Professor Dr Basharat Ali	Guest Lecture 10 Climate change, health and the elephant in the room Prof Sabaratnam Arulkumaran	Meeting the experts in Family Medicine	Workshop 7 From Crisis to Confidence: Emergency Medicine Principles in Family Practice	Oral Presentations - Session 8 Lifestyle medicine and non-communicable diseases
3.45pm	Symposium 10 Managing manly concerns - men's health	Symposium 11 One minute for the planet	Oral Presentations - Session 9 Miscellaneous 3
4.45 pm	Tea



	WONCA South Asia Region Conference 2024 in conjunction with Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka "Celebrating Family Medicine - Nurturing Our Values across the Region"