EFPC AT A GLANCE
The European Forum for Primary Care was initiated in early 2005 by a group of interested parties from several countries. The aim of the Forum is to improve the health of the population by promoting strong Primary Care. This is done by advocating for Primary Care, by generating data and evidence on Primary Care and by exchanging information between its members. The Forum seeks to expand its membership and thereby to become a leading force for strengthening Primary Care in Europe.
EFPC ACTIVITIES
EFPC organizes Multi Country Study Visits
In September the EFPC organized a Multi-Country Study-Visit for a group of Primary Care experts from Shanghai, China together with its’ associated member PRIMAFAMED in Ghent. The group made visits to Primary Care innovations in Ghent, Belgium and Den Bosch, The Netherlands; check out the complete programme!
- May 2017 Austrian Delgation to The Netherlands
- May 2017 US Students delegation to Amsterdam
- September 2012 Shanghai visit to Belgium & The Netherlands
- November 2009 WHO site based learning programme
- April 2007 EFPC Multi Country Study Visit
Positionpapers in development
To further its aim to improve the health of the European population by promoting strong primary care the European Forum for Primary Care develops and disseminates policy documents, such as position papers, policy overviews and scoping reviews.
- The Organisation of Primary Care
- Primary Care and Healthy Aging
- A paradigm shift in mental health
- Primary Care and the care for the refugee population
EFPC webinar series
Main Theme: “Primary Care and the Patient Perspective”
April: Introductory webinar
- 25 April 12.30-13.30 “The patient perspective explained” by Dolf de Boer (NIVEL)
May-June: The broader perspective on health
- 4 May 12.30-13.30 Social Prescribing, the Austrian experience by Daniela Rojatz
September-November: Community Mental Health
November-December: Community Nursing
- 9 November 12.00-13.00 Community Nursing, the Austrian experience by Elisabeth Rappold
Other Events
Past Conferences
- EFPC 2021 online Conference Bergen: Primary and long-term care in the age of changing boundaries: Policy, practice and imagination.
- EFPC 2020 eEvent 27-29 September 2020: Share knowledge and come together virtually
- Nanterre 29-30 September & 1 October 2019: Primary Care and local Communities. Health equity for everyone, everywhere
- Crete 23 – 25 September 2018: “Vulnerability and Compassion: The role of Primary in Europe” How to overcome the austerity period.
- Porto 24 – 26 September 2017: The Citizen Voice in Primary Care; a social commitment to ‘health for all’!
- Riga 4-6 Sep 2016 “Crosscutting Informal Care and Professional Primary Care”.
- Amsterdam 30 Aug – 1 Sept 2015 “Integrated Primary Care: Research, Policy & Practice” including a Pre-Conference in Amsterdam-North on Sunday 30 August
- Barcelona 1-2 September 2014 “The Future of Primary Health Care in Europe V”, fifth EFPC bi-annual conference
- Istanbul 9-10 September 2013 “Balancing The Primary And Secondary Care Provision For More Integration and Better Health”
- Gothenburg 3-4 September, 2012, The Future of Primary Health Care in Europe IV “Crossing Borders in Primary Care”
- Graz 16 September, 2011, “Integrating Public and Personal Health Care in a World on the Move: the European Primary Care perspective”
- Pisa 30-31 August, 2010, The Future of Primary Health Care in Europe III “From Innovation to Organisational Change in Primary Care which values for patients”
- Nicosia 7-8 May 2009, “Primary Care: Interdisciplinary and Community Oriented”.
- Southampton, 15 – 17 September 2008: “The Future of Primary Care in Europe II”.
- Ljubljana, 28-29 March 2008: “Quality of Primary Care, the perspective of patients”.
- Utrecht, October 2006: “The Future of Primary Care in Europe”.
International consultations
VIDEO ROLE-PLAYS
Below you find several video role-plays on Primary Care subthemes.
We invite you make your comments for the spaces in between the sketches. You can write these below in the comments section, indicating about which video you are making comments. We will gather all contributions and will use them to present those in future meetings and conferences. As soon as we have finalized a video we will feedback to you with the result.
Have fun!