‘One for All, All for One’: SoMaMFyC Conference and Exchange Programme Madrid 2016

Abstract

Vasco de Gama Movement(VdGM) is a working group of Organization of World Family Doctors’ division of Europe and it is run by family medicine trainees and specialist in their first 5 years.VdGM includes 5 different working subgroups; research, education-training, exchange, image and beyond Europe.Various Exchange programmes like conference, preconference, Hippocrates and FamilyMedicine360oare organized by Exchange subgroup and it aims to gather family doctors from various countries. This year one of these conference Exchange programmes hold in Madrid capital of Spain on 13 to 20 March before XVIII. Conference of Family and Community Medicine Residents and hosted by Soceity of Madrid of Family and Community Medicine (SoMaMFyC). The programme which has 10 participants from 6 different countries included primary care centers visit first three days, conference attendence in University of Rey Juan Carlos and make a presentation in section special for VdGM on 4th day, pediatric emergency room visit in HospitalUniversitario12 de Octubre on 5th day and social activities. This study aims to share observations and experiences regarding this Exchange programme.