Report on the 1st European network organisations meeting : quality, education and research working together for general practice

Abstract

The beautiful isle of Mallorca was the setting for a special WONCA Europe conference, the first meeting of all the network organisations. The European General Practice Research Workshop, EQuiP which deals with Quality Assurance in General Practice, and EURACT, the European Academy of GP Teachers, all participated in this special event. The new prevention network, EUROPREV, was also set up at the meeting in Palma. Malta is fortunate to have representatives in all four network organisations. Dr. Anthony Mifsud is the national representative for EGPRW, Dr. Philip Sciortino the same for EURACT, Dr. Anthony Azzopardi for EQuiP, and Dr. Mario R. Sammut for EUROPREV. I am also the webmaster of the EGPRW website. Moreover, Dr. Denis Soler represents the College in the Council of the European Society. Around 1000 delegates from all over Europe attended this meeting. More would have attended if their applications had been accepted, but no more were after the one thousand mark was reached.