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Workplace based assessment is an essential ingredient in “assessment-for-learning” and “assessment-of-learning”, particularly in postgraduate training. Learning needs to be captured in a portfolio, and this should be an electronic portfolio to make aggregation, saturation and triangulation easier to organise and determine. This workshop will explore how to design, develop and implement an electronic portfolio of […]

This workshop equips participants with the skills to develop their own Quality Improvement (QI) projects. It covers the Model for Improvement, change ideas, PDSA cycles, and key QI tools, with an emphasis on providing practical tips for success. By the end, participants will have a clear understanding of QI, its significance, how it differs from […]

This session will introduce the CRISP Checklist as a tool to help researchers and authors make their study reports more valid, effective, and useful to readers and the varied users of primary care research. We will review the needs, evidence base, development, and content of CRISP – Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care. […]

This workshop will introduce two methods that can be used in research or by health services. The first is a 5-step approach to a Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) of a health facility that results in an action plan to improve climate resilience and environmental sustainability. The second is an approach to measuring the carbon […]

    Call for membership: Founding Fellows of the East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Family Physicians (ECSA CFP)     The ECSA-CFP invites family physicians (FPs) to apply through their local associations for membership of the College as Founding Fellows. Application Deadline: 30th April 2025 About Us The East Central and Southern Africa […]

Welcome to the College of Family Physicians of East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA-CFP) We are a professional body dedicated to transforming primary healthcare in the East, Central, and Southern Africa (ECSA) region. The College formally came into existence in June 2024 after receiving approval from the Health Ministers Conference to become a Constituent College […]

This workshop will introduce and explain the concept of what is internationally known as Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs). These are widely used in undergraduate medical training, particularly in rural and general/family practice settings, but have also been adapted for postgraduate training and for other professions. Relationship-based learning is a key element of LICs. We will […]

Clinical placements have so much to offer to the education of healthcare students. This workshop focuses on an important part of that education – the nurturing and encouragement of the development of clinical reasoning skills. We will start with a summary of the historical development of clinical reasoning as a subject area, and then consider […]

This workshop follows the World Health Assembly resolution on strengthening clinical trials, which calls for greater research inclusivity, more research in the places where new approaches are intended to be used, and which addresses locally relevant questions that could improve health and care. We will cover different research designs and traditions, and some novel methods […]

Primafamed held it’s 14th annual conference on the 4th and 5th June with participants from our member institutions and strategic partners. Please find all the presentations and posters down below: Primafamed Programme   POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Bob Mash / Klaus Von Pressentin / Edward Chagonda / Kennedy Ouna / Josemar De Lima / Kennedy Ouna / […]