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    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 / […]

              Bob Mash with colleagues from the PRIMAFAMED network have published a report from last year’s meeting “Identifying research gaps and priorities for African family medicine and primary health care”.  Our last statement on this issue was 10-years ago and so this brings the discussion on research gaps and […]

                  During the workshop I will share the advantages of posters. A scientific poster is an excellent way to display your research findings. Assessment as well as useful tips on how to make and present posters will be shared. Prof Hanneke is a Family Physician employed at […]

              Implementation research evaluates the use of strategies to integrate evidence-based interventions into real-world settings to improve patient outcomes and create generalizable knowledge. The workshop will share the key principles of implementation research and look at how to design a study using these principles. Lisa Hirschhorn, MD MPH is […]

                  For feedback to be valued, it needs to be specific, balanced and lead to a learning action plan for the student/trainee. This workshop will explore the role of feedback in clinical training and assessment. We will have an opportunity to consider the characteristics of effective feedback, […]