SAPC ASM 2016 - Dublin

Conference chair: Professor Tom Fahey, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

This year's conference at Dublin Castle was attended by just over 380 delegates.  The SAPC annual conference brings together researchers and educators from the primary care community to showcase their latest studies on any aspect or issues relating to primary care. This is a great opportunity for participants to share work, join the conversation and shape the future of primary care. 

View videos of the keynote talks: Prof Margaret Cupples, Prof Chris Dowrick (3rd Helen Lester Memorial Lecture), Prof Matthias Egger, Prof Theo Verheij

View videos of the prize session: Dr Kamal Mahtani, Dr Dee Mangin, Dr Jennifer Walker

View videos of the presentations of distinction - selected from the highest scoring abstracts: Dr Veline L'Esperance, Prof Frances Mair

Read CMAJ's fantastic round up of a sparkling 2016 Conference at Dublin Castle

The Dangerous Ideas soapbox once again offered a sparkling array of ideas. The vote was one this year by Anthony Chuter – a patient member of SAPC who argued that we should replace community pharmacy provision with an Amazon-style delivery system! (Well, not quite – a full report from Anthony to follow…)

Prize winners were announced in the closing session.

Programme

The conference programme can still be viewed and you can create your own personal programme of parallel oral and elevator pitch sessions. 

Other meetings that were held during the conference:

• Special Interest Group programme on Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon.
• Workshops running during parallel sessions

Abstracts were submitted for inclusion in the programme as oral presentations including panel sessions, elevator pitches, posters, workshops and dangerous ideas. 

Social programme

The social programme started with a welcome drinks reception in College Hall at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland on Wednesday 6th July and continued with the conference dinner in the spectacular Round Room at The Mansion House on Thursday 7th July 2016 and included optional activites and special performances throughout the conference.

Pre-conference workshops

SAPC pre-conference workshop "Preparing for your fellowship interview" took place on Wednesday 6th July from 10.30 to 12.30.

Registration

The registration fees and the terms and conditions can be found here. 

Thank you to everyone who participated.