
2022 AUDGPI ICGP Joint Conference
Theme: “The role of General Practice Research and Education in tackling health inequity”
The TCD oganising team are delighted to announce details for next year’s AUDGPI ICGP Joint Conference.
Dates: Friday 4th and Saturday 5th March 2022
This Meeting will be held online.
Registration:
General Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/6tnkSxnnvx
Presenting Authors (only) – Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/vEXv9Hdu61
Programme:
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Dr David Blane, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
Dr Sara Burke, Centre for Health Policy & Management, Trinity College Dublin
Abstract Submission:
Abstracts can be submitted using the form below and can be emailed to [email protected]
Final date for abstract submissions is 26th January 2022
Abstract form:
AUDGPI ICGP Prize Winners 2022
William Shannon Prize for Best Trainee presentation:
Dr Ciaran Cassidy, South East GP Training Scheme
Application of Stop frail deprescribing tool to nursing home residents across 5 GP practices In the South East of Ireland
George Irwin Prize for Best Education presentation
Prof Andrew Murphy, NUIG
Supporting medical students towards future careers in general practice: a quantitative study of Irish medical schools
James McCormick Prize for Best Research presentation
Dr Caroline McCarthy, RCSI
Process Evaluation of the SPPIRE trial: a GP delivered medication review of polypharmacy, deprescribing and patient priorities in older people with multimorbidity
Health Equity Prize
Dr Patrick O’Donnell, UL
The development of a social exclusion measurement tool for use in healthcare settings
Overall prize
Dr Caroline McCarthy, RCSI
Process Evaluation of the SPPIRE trial: a GP delivered medication review of polypharmacy, deprescribing and patient priorities in older people with multimorbidity

2021 Early Career Symposium
Theme: “Developing Primary Care Research Communities for a Post-Pandemic World”
Date: Friday 12th November 2021
Time: 09:15 – 15:30
The QUB oganising team are delighted to announce provisional details for this year’s AUDGPI Early Career Symposium.
Register Here: https://whova.com/portal/registration/aecs_202111/
Download the App Here:
https://whova.com/portal/aecs_202111
See the Programme Here: https://whova.com/embedded/event/aecs_202111/?view=preview
Keynotes:
- Emma Wallace (Associate Professor of GP Royal College of Surgeons Ireland)
- Phil Evans (https://www.nihr.ac.uk/people/evans-philip/11962 NIHR National Specialty Lead for Primary Care both inside and outside of general practice, author of the 2021 NIHR Primary Care research strategy, chair of the strategy implementation programme board and lead for the recent Principle Study, one of the urgent public health Covid studies that was conducted in Primary Care on an adaptive trial platform design)
- Sam Meriel (https://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?web_id=Sam_Merriel) and Polly Duncan (https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/polly-r-duncan) instigators of PACT (Primary Care Academic Collaborative) (https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/blog/pact-research-collaborative-announces-winning-grassroots-project-idea-in-rcgp-dragons2019-den) a trainee-driven initiative for research in Primary Care
Parallel Sessions:
Novel approaches to disseminate research output
Mentorship
Wider Primary Care Team in research
Reflections on my PhD journey
Research for Inclusion and Health Equity
Patient and Public Involvement in Research – Chiara Mizzoni (Health Research Board)
Peer Review
Gaining clinical trial experience – including cross border trials
Simulation as a research tool in GP
Educational Scholarship
Scientific writing for impact
Gender equality in Primary Care Research
2021 AUDGPI and ICGP Annual Joint Scientific Meeting (Virtual)
Friday 12 March & Saturday 13th March (9am to 1pm)
Registration is free to AUDGPI members and affiliate institutions; however
You must register in advance in order to receive the
Zoom links, the Programme & Book of Abstracts and Certificates of Attendance.
We look forward to welcoming you to the conference.
2020 AUDGPI annual Early & Mid Careers Day
The HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network are pleased to announce details for the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland (AUDGPI) annual Early & Mid Careers Day, to be held virtually via Zoom on Friday 20 November from 09:30-13:15. This is of interest to all those GP’s, GP trainees, health care professionals and social scientists currently involved, or with an early interest, in academic general practice and primary care. Irish GPs, health care professionals and social scientists at early and mid-career stages will outline their career pathways and what they have learnt along the way.
There will be parallel session on opportunities for research funding and opportunities for training in teaching and assessment. This will be then followed by a focus on international academic training opportunities. Parallel sessions on patient involvement in research and education will also be delivered.
The meeting is always an excellent networking opportunity and this will again be supported by a closed meeting to finish.
Registration is now open, please click this link to register for free.
Places are limited.
Supporting medical students towards careers in general practice 2020
A meeting supported by the Association of University Departments of General
Practice Ireland and the Irish College of General Practitioners
Date: Friday September 25th 2020
Venue: Zoom
Time: 1200-1330hrs
Chair: Prof Susan Smith, RCSI, Chair AUDGPI
1200 Prof Val Waas OBE, Keele University
‘By choice, not by chance’ : an update of the impact of a national English initiative to increase
numbers of students following careers in general practice
1215 Discussion
1225 Ryan Fagan, Medical Student, Chair University of Limerick GP Society: Perspectives of Irish
medical students
1235 Prof Andrew W Murphy, NUI Galway, Vice Chair AUDGPI: Perspectives of Irish university
departments
1245 Prof Frank Murray, Director National Doctors Training & Planning, HSE: Perspectives of the
NDTP
Chair: Mr Fintan Foy, CEO, ICGP
1255 Round table discussion with speakers and representatives of the Irish Medical Council, Irish
Medical Organisation and Irish Medical Schools Council
1320 Next steps
1330 Finish
Association of Departments of General Practice Irish College of General Practitioners Joint Scientific Meeting 2020
The Association of Departments of General Practice Irish College of General Practitioners Joint Scientific Meeting 2020 will be held in Western Gateway Building, University College Cork on the 5th and 6th of March 2020.
This is an annual scientific meeting for members of the Association of Departments of General Practice in Ireland and members of the Irish College of General Practitioners as well as students of universities on the island of Ireland working with departments of general practice and trainees on general practice training scheme on the island of Ireland.
2019 AUDGPI and ICGP Annual Scientific Meeting | RCSI
The 2019 Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the AUDGPI and ICGP will be held in Dublin on Thursday, 28th February and Friday, 1st March 2019. The event is hosted by the HRB Centre for Primary Care Research and Department of General Practice in the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.
An exciting conference awaits, showcasing the best of Irish primary care and general practice research and education, with oral presentations, workshops and moderated poster sessions.
We are delighted to have three excellent plenary speakers including:
- Dr Rita Doyle; General Practitioner and President of the Irish Medical Council
- Professor Richard Hobbs; Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, NIHR English School for Primary Care Research
- Dr Margaret McCartney; General Practitioner and Columnist BMJ
The conference venue is the Main Building of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.
All information about the conference can be found on the HRB Centre for Primary Care website.
Registration and payment:
- Please register, through your payment on the HRB Centre for Primary Care website.
Abstract submissions
- Can be accessed through the HRB Centre for Primary Care Research website and will close on 14th January 2019 at 5pm.
Costs:
- Trainee €80 (two days)
- Two days €140
- Friday only €100
- Thursday only €70
- Conference dinner on Thursday evening in Fallon and Byrne restaurant €40
The AUDGPI prizes include:
- William Shannon Prize: Best Presentation by GP Trainee
- George Irwin Prize: Best Education Project
- James McCormick Prize: Best Research Project
- AUDGPI Bursary: Best Presentation
Evidence in Primary Care
Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS), NUI Galway, 8th & 9th March 2018
Keynote speakers:
- Keynote 1: Liam Glynn, Prof. of General Practice, University of Limerick and rural GP
The value of every human contact – Clinical care in the community as a privilege, a challenge and an opportunity - Keynote 2: Val Wass, OBE, Emeritus Prof. of Medical Education, Keele University
By choice not by chance Bridging the Divide - Keynote 3 (in collaboration with the HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network Ireland): Sandra Eldridge, Prof. of biostatistics, Barts & the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and director of the pragmatic clinical trials unit.
Cluster randomised trials in primary care: Where have we come from and where are we going