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1 week, 4 daysCall for Abstracts: The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine's Dr. Patrick Chege Memorial Research Award Poster Presentations 2023
The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (Besrour Centre) is pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the Dr. Patrick Chege Memorial Research Award Poster Presentations being held in-person at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)’s Family Medicine Forum (FMF) on November 8 to 11, 2023 ...
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1 week, 4 daysThe College of Family Physicians of Canada's Family Medicine Forum 2023
On behalf of the Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (Besrour Centre) at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), we would like to invite you to the CFPC’s Family Medicine Forum (FMF) taking place November 8 to 11, 2023, in Montreal, Canada.
The Besrour Centre draws on ...
08/11/2023 00:00 - 11/11/2023 00:00 Canada/Eastern
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1 monthThe FM Pivot Module "Mental Health Tools for Family Physicians in a Post-COVID World" is now available!
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest and most rapid disruption to the practices and training of family physicians since the inception of our profession in the mid-20th century. It has revealed gaps in the capacity of our health care systems, but it has also led to a surge in ...
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1 month, 1 weekBesrour Centre - Call for Proposals: Global Co-RIG Phase II
The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (Besrour Centre) at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), thanks to the generous support of Dr. Sadok Besrour and the CFPC’s Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine (FAFM), is seeking proposals for a Global COVID-19 pandemic innovation response for grants up ...
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1 year, 8 monthsBesrour Networking Session
Join the Besrour Community via Zoom from 1:00-3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Agenda items will follow.
09/11/2021 19:00 - 09/11/2021 20:00 Canada/Eastern
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1 year, 11 monthsThe Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine at the College of Family Physicians of Canada is a hub of international collaboration dedicated to advancing family medicine globally. The purpose of the Besrour Center for Global Family Medicine community of practice project will be to exchange information, work in sub-groups and increase learnings. The Community aims to share practices, lessons learned and increase dialogue and knowledge sharing. This will allow to build networks, develop working relationships and share resources.
Our vision is to lead the way in creating a world where no one is left behind when it comes to accessing quality primary care, and our mission is to foster collaboration to advance family medicine around the world.
We will be guided by the following values:
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Equity – by recognizing the inherent dignity of every human being and the just distribution of resources and access to marginalized and vulnerable groups
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Justice – by ensuring that individuals and groups have fair and impartial access to the benefits of society, including the right to health
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Excellence – by striving and adhering to the highest standards of quality, integrity, professionalism, leadership, and evidence-informed and patient-centred care
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Reciprocity – by promoting the collaborative and multidirectional exchange of experience, knowledge, and capacity-building among partners and their communities
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Respect – for each other’s cultures, norms, and perspectives
1. We advance medical education & training.
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Outlining the foundations of family medicine in education and health systems
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Improving the training of generalist physicians
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Strengthening the teaching capacity of family medicine programs
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Developing partnerships
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Creating networks of experts
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Contributing to efforts to advance social accountability
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Identifying and addressing the research gaps of our community members
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Building research capacity
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Create and disseminate knowledge created by the Besrour community