An excellent opportunity to learn more about what is Implementation Research is and what it can mean specifically for primary care. This interactive session aims to get participants thinking about practical application, to help understand how it can work in their context. It will help in thinking about effectiveness and understanding success, while equally teaching about novel approaches in Implementation science.
Rianne van der Kleij, The Netherlands
COPD is underdiagnosed and mistreated in primary care due to challenges of objective diagnostic testing; confusion about the relative value of different interventions to the patient and to the healthcare system and the accessibility of evidence-based interventions. This workshop will use three innovative primary care teaching tools, grounded in the latest scientific evidence and piloted in six countries, to help you make sense of COPD right care as suggested by IPCRG and to offer personalised self-management support to the patient.
Objectives
At the end of the workshop the participants will be able to:
Following an icebreaker using a selection of Question and Challenge cards, a giant “COPD Wheel” will be used by the facilitators to help participants test their knowledge, before offering the opportunity to explore how to engage patients in planning and delivering the right care for them personally. Introducing a newly commissioned set of emojis drawing on a global taxonomy of emotions, participants will also have the opportunity to tailor the consultation, depending on the emotional state of the patient, using role plays. Contextual differences will be explored, depending on the “breathing literacy” of the patient, and the availability of interventions in primary care.
Pedro Fonte, Portugal | Ioanna Tsiligianni, Greece | Amanda Barnard, Australia
Ana Margarida Cruz, Portugal | Catarina Novais, Portugal
Join us for a practical workshop focused on enhancing the diagnosis and management of chronic cough, featuring hands-on use of a digital decision support tool designed to streamline clinical decision-making.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Confidently apply a step-by-step approach to assess adults with cough lasting more than 8 weeks
Identify patients requiring urgent referral for further evaluation
Effectively utilize a digital decision support tool during consultations to improve patient care
Adapt chronic cough management pathways for various healthcare settings, including those with limited resources
Note: Preparatory reading is available and is encouraged, offering additional information for delegates prior to the workshop.
Delegates are also encouraged to submit case studies by 20th May, 2026 at info@ipcrg2026.org as then these can be incorporated into the case discussion segment. We remind delegates to anonymize all patient information.
Wen Ming Koh, Malaysia | Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan, Malaysia | Ee Ming Khoo, Malaysia | Ines Zendah, Tunisia
Siân Williams, UK | Abdelaziz Hamdene, Tunisia
An interactive session from Thys van der Molen, one of the IPCRG founders and author of a book on this topic that has inspired many researchers across the globe and who has invested in professionalism in research and education. It will address how to develop and build your career in research looking at a range of skills required as a researcher.
Thys van der Molen, The Netherlands
Hanna Sandelosky, Sweden | Janwillem Kocks, The Netherlands | Siti Nurkamilla Ramdzan, Malaysia | Habib Ghedira, Tunisia | Job van Boven, The Netherlands
Building on our conference theme of listening deeply, this workshop will provide healthcare professionals with a practical, evidence-based approach for fostering their emotional intelligence. By enhancing each of Goleman’s five components of EI self-awareness, self-motivation, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills, participants will cultivate a better understanding of their patients’ needs, and engage in more meaningful conversations that build understanding, trust, and compassionate care.
Ioanna Tsiligianni, Greece | Antonios Christodoulakis, Greece
Jaime Correia de Sousa, Portugal | Dermot Ryan, Ireland | Sarah Ben Hamida, Tunisia | Björn Stridh, Norway
This practical workshop will sensitise participants to the devices available for diagnosing respiratory conditions and the decisions involved in selecting the right device for their practice and the individual patient. It will work smartly to address the challenges of supply and choice, focusing on the devices and how they could add value to primary care, independent of the availability or the technical barriers to implementation.
By the end of the session participants will have
Miguel Román Rodríguez, Spain | Anders Østrem, Norway | Björn Stridh, Sweden | Valériane Leroy, France
A chance to again learn about how to use social media to reach specific target audiences and to help create behavioural change. This workshop builds on practical learning from the IPCRG Social media team including implementing strategies in the FRESHAIR4Life project.
Aims:
Luís Carvalho, Portugal
Led by the Editor-in-Chief of IPCRG’s journal npjPCRM, this workshop dives into the role and opportunities that arise from being a reviewer for a journal and the importance of having reviewers with skills from the journal point of view. Delegates will learn more about the skills, capacity building opportunities, expectations and requirements of being a journal reviewer. Hopefully this will also encourage some of you to consider becoming a reviewer too!
Ioanna Tsiligianni, Greece
This workshop will examine 1. Non‑pharmacological support: the evidence for Very Brief Advice, 2. NRT – pharmacotherapies and 3. Nicotine dependence prevention
By the end of the workshop participants should be able to:
Amanda Farley, UK | Faten Driss Ben Said, Tunisia | Darush Attar-Zedah, UK
This workshop is for educators in primary care who are involved in teaching in postgraduate family medicine programmes either at the university or in vocational training programmes.
Aims:
Mohamed Chakib Benjelloun, Marocco | Samya Taright, Algeria | Manel Mallouli, Tunisia | Syrine Bellakhal, Tunisia | Steve Holmes, UK | Ee Ming Khoo, Malaysia | Amanda Barnard, Australia | Asma Belghith, Tunisia
Marina Garcia Pardo, Spain | Miguel Roman Rodrigez, Spain