Online Event: Insights from Participation in the WONCA Europe Conference 2024

On October 24, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, we invite you to join an online event dedicated to discussing key ideas and insights gained by Ukrainian family doctors during their participation in the 29th WONCA Europe Conference 2024, one of the most prestigious events in the field of family medicine.

The online broadcast will be available on:

• The Project’s official Facebook page

• The event page

• The Project’s YouTube channel

Event goals:

• Share international experience and innovative approaches to organizing primary healthcare

• Discuss opportunities to adapt foreign practices to Ukrainian realities

• Answer participants’ questions and create a platform for professional exchange

Participation terms:

Registration is mandatory. Please complete the registration form, where you can also submit questions for discussion.

Key topics of the event:

• PHC organization in Ireland: through the eyes of Ukrainian family doctors
  (Anastasiia Hibeskul, family doctor, facilitator of peer groups, and Kateryna Pochtar, family doctor at the “Yuvileinyi” PHC Center in Rivne, facilitator of peer groups)

• Family doctor education in Ireland
  (Kateryna Kachurets, family doctor in Dublin, post-graduate fellow at Trinity College Dublin, and clinical professor assistant at University College Dublin)

• Features of cancer screening in different countries: a comparative perspective
  (Anna Ostafiichuk, family doctor at the “Holosiivskyi District PHC Center No.1” in Kyiv, facilitator of peer groups, and Anastasiia Briukhanova, family doctor from Berdychiv, facilitator of peer groups)

• Lifestyle medicine
  (Maryna Opalenko, pediatrician at the “PHC Center” of the Palanska Rural Council, facilitator of peer groups)

• The role of nurses in PHC practice teams
  (Kateryna Pochtar and Anastasiia Briukhanova)

• Quality circles or Ukrainians in Irish peer group
  (Anna Ostafiichuk and Anastasia Hibeskul)

• Clinical research in PHC: involvement of international colleagues and barriers for Ukrainian doctors (Anastasiia Hibeskul and Kateryna Pochtar)

Moderator of the meeting: Anastasiia Khodan — co-founder and family doctor at “svoi.ridni,” board member of the Ukrainian Academy of Family Medicine, and national master trainer in mental health under the mhGAP program.

We invite you to join the discussion on pressing issues in family medicine development and to become part of meaningful changes!