JOIN – RESIDENCY CONFERENCE OF THE NORTHERN LISBON PRIMARY CARE CENTRES‘ GROUPING

Introduction and aim: The Northern Lisbon Primary Care Centres‘ Grouping (ACeS Lisboa Norte) provides care to around 40% of Lisbon’s population. The Northern Lisbon Hospital Centre (CHLN), one of the Portuguese major centres, provides tertiary care to this population. Given its dimension, the communication and share of knowledge between those entities can be difficult. The JoIN project was born with the intent to create a platform for scientific and clinical practice exchange, specially dedicated to Family Medicine residents and assistants, aiming for a stronger bound within those entities. Methods: The project was designed by a group of 10 Family Medicine residents in connection with their supervisors, other family physicians, the Residence Programme Directorate, the ACeS Lisboa Norte Directorate and CHLN physicians. Advertisement was made through digital platforms and medical newspapers. During the conference, evaluation questionnaires were delivered. Results and conclusions: For 2 days, topics as “Vertigo approach in Primary Health Care”, “Extra-plan vaccines”, “Wheezing in pediatric age” and “How to choose the best anticonceptional for the woman” were approached. There were also workshops for “Travel medicine”, “Caring wounds: therapeutic options”, “Spirometry and inhalant technics” and “Case studies in Dermatology”. Around 200 participants attended. The goals were fulfilled and the expectations overmatched. In the end, 100% of the participants rated the project as “good/very good” and 94% considered the workshops as “good/very good”.