EQuiP Virtual Conference 2021

EQuiP is organising a virtual conference, which will take place on 19-20 March 2021. The overall topic is: Quality and Safety of urgent primary care in Europe. The conference is aimed for general practitioners (GP), GP-trainees, teachers, trainers and policy makers.

Participants will be able to discuss topics, such as patient safety, teaching quality and safety, augmented reality in teaching urgent care, quality of urgent care in Europe, triage and decision support and palliative care.

EQuiP - the European Association for Quality and Patient Safety in General Practice/Family Medicine - yearly organizes an international conference in one of the participating countries. However, due to the epidemiologic situation, this conference will be organised virtually. With it, EQuiP will highlight urgent primary care in Europe through a quality and safety lens.

The conference will be a great opportunity to meet new people that are active in the field of quality and safety. It will also be a great opportunity to get new ideas for EQuiP itself, for topics that we can make a priority or for statements and opinions we should carry out. Up until now, EQuiP mainly focused on regular working practice. There’s a lack of knowledge and data on urgent care, so I’m thrilled that the organizers chose this topic.

The conference is free of charge for everyone. Sign up by using this direct link to SurveyXact.

We are looking forward to welcoming you online!

By Zalika Klemenc-Ketis
EQuiP President - https://equip.woncaeurope.org/

FRIDAY 19 MARCH 2021

• 16:00 Welcome, Zalika Klemenc-Ketis, EQuiP
• 16:10 Keynote, Martijn Rutten: Urgent primary care in Europe: Take a look abroad
• 17:00-17:10 Break
• 17:10-18:25 Workshops
  • a. EQuiP Patient Safety Group: Could your emergency kit be a recipe for disaster?
  • b. EQuiP Teaching Quality Group: The European Teaching Agenda: Quality care and patient safety
  • c. Simulation Centre: Using augmented reality in simulations of vitally endangered patients
• 18:25-18:30 Break
• 18:30-19:00 Discussion

SATURDAY 20 MARCH 2021

• 09:00 Welcome, Zalika Klemenc-Ketis, EQuiP
• 09:10 Keynote, Stéphanie De Maesschalck: Providing equitable care for vulnerable groups: How to apply state of the art research to urgent primary care situations?
• 10:00-10:10 Break
• 10:10-11:25 Workshops
  • a. Paul Giesen and Piet Vanden Bussche (EQuiP): Quality urgent care in Europe: What can GPs contribute?
  • b. Carmen Erkelens and Marleen Smits: The science behind triage and decision support in primary care
  • c. Erika Zelko (EQuiP) and Toosje Valkenburg: Between life and death: How to deal with urgency in palliative care?
• 11:25-11:30 Break
• 11:30-12:00 Concluding remarks