• Good morning twitter and facebook followers/friends... Sending this message from Basel / Basle, Switzerland -WONCA Europe 2009 conference.8:33 AM Sep 16th from TweetDeck

• WONCA european conference 2009 starts today... #WONCA You'll be able to read some of it here ;-)2:59 PM Sep 16th from TweetDeck

• Good morning everyone;-) It's raining in Basel - WONCA Europe Conference7:50 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Trisha Geenhalgh is gving a keynote lecture: " Complexity theory and family medicine -a new symbiosis"7:55 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Trisha Grennhalgh: this new symbiosis needs to be refined... there are some researching groups working already,7:59 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• but new groups are welcomed.8:00 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• 2nd keynote of the day starting now: Prof. Guentherodt - Nanosciences in medicine: useful or not?8:00 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• #WONCA Prof. Guentherodt is from Nanoscience Institute Basel8:03 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Nanomedicine is natural, rational... and green #WONCA8:03 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• We have now new microscopes, they should be called nanoscopes.8:04 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Nanoscopes allow us to look at the atoms, to the molecules and to play Lego with them. #WONCA8:05 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Showing us the picture of the graphitis (from a pencil) viewed by a "nanoscope"... Interesting.8:09 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• You may not only see the atoms, but It's also possible to measure the binding forces of the atoms.8:13 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• @agouveia @apmcg Yes, we're tweeting live from #WONCAEurope Conference 2009.8:14 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Dimensions of life / dimensions of medicine. From body / organs to proteins and atoms...8:22 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Most in vivo diagnosis are done at the macroscopic level... Stilll a lot of room at the nanolevel... #WONCA8:23 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• nanotech allows to see the growing of bacteria, to test antibiotic resistance...8:29 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• This kind of tech will be part of family medicine in the future. That is why Gps should keep their laboratories. Will it? Should we?#WONCA8:31 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Nanoparticules may be useful in cancer therapy. #WONCA8:32 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Nantech will revolutionize medicine. Prf. Guentherodt concludes.#WONCA8:38 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• It was a high tech fascinating lecture. But just don't forget the human side. And now we'll have a pause... #WONCA8:40 AM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• workshop: putting prevention into practice... #wonca9:40 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• how can we do it ethically, effectively and efficiently? #wonca9:41 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• John Litt (Australia) talking about effort - performance paradox.#wonca9:43 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• Posted a picture http://twitpic.com/i14pm9:50 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• putting prevention into practice, J. Litt's slide http://twitpic.com/i14yr9:55 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• icpc is part of contracts between practices and insurances in germany. #wonca10:42 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• attending a workshop: " the potential for research using electronic medical record and icpc-2"10:46 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• Classification allows us to reduce complexity, creating useful categories. #wonca10:59 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• J. k. Soler sharing some Transition Project data / results.11:02 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• h. Blend presenting a swiss icpc research project.http://twitpic.com/i18t011:19 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• called The Fire Project from general practice department / uni Zurich11:21 AM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• Attending EUROPREV workshop - putting prevention into practice: ingredients for success in a complex world" #WONCA2:48 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Mateja Bulc talking about new Slovenian colo-rectal cancer screening program - FOBT each 2 years, complemented with colonoscopy centers.2:50 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• www.program-svit.si2:52 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Dr. Annelies van Linden talking about programmatic prevention in Belgium.2:52 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Belgium: 20 different electronic health records software / programs in use!!!2:55 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• The Health Guide - a shared record, patients and GPs, enhancing prevention activities in the consultation. A good example from Belgium.2:58 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• John Litt is talking about flu vaccination in Australia. Over 80% coverage in the elderly in 2003 and 2004! #WONCA3:07 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• Australia is the 5th country of the world in flu vaccination coverage in the elderly(>=65Y). Canada is the 1st. #WONCA3:09 PM Sep 17th from TweetDeck

• special english edition of the portuguese general practice journal is being distributed at #wonca conference. http://twitpic.com/i1xrv4:28 PM Sep 17th from TinyTwitter

• Good morning to everyone! Tweeting from #WONCA Europe Conference. Cloudy sky, 18º C.7:48 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Bom dia a todos! A twitar de Basileia da #WONCA Europe COnference. Céu nublado, 18ºC7:48 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Thank you to the swiss colleagues for this very good scientific conference ;-)) #WONCA4:47 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Joachim Bauer is giving 1st keynte lecture of th day: "Understanding the complexity of our patients - the neurobiology of intuition" #WONCA7:50 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Talking about mirror neurones... Quite interesting... #WONCA7:51 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Feeding information into the mirror neurone system -automatic decoding of body language. #WONCA7:53 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• automatic decoding of body language - this is very important to the doctor-patient relation #WONCA7:54 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• automatic decoding of body language - it requires that the doctors leave the computer screen and really look to their patients in order to..7:54 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• in order to decode their body language, Doctors have to let their mirror neurone system work. #WONCA7:56 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• PAtients also decode doctors body language, there is a resonance of intuition!7:57 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Intuitive perception gives us a lot of answers, trivial but very important answers! #WONCA7:58 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Joachim Bauer ends his excellent keynote lecture. Thank you, Dr. Bauer for this remarkable lecture! ;-)) A good way to start a day#WONCA8:01 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Good morning to everyone! Listening to the best webradio ;-))http://bit.ly/GpXoq7:27 AM Sep 19th from TweetDeck

• 2nd keynote of the day: Dirk Werle, geoscientist from Canada - "Health of the environment and the individual - a space perspective"8:03 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Linking health of planet Earth and the health of the individual...#WONCA8:04 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Giving some examples of usefulness of sattelite images related with health topics: heat waves, refugees camps #WONCA8:18 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• geographic distribution of vectors, malaria, quality of the air8:19 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• NO2 concentration map in Europe. NO2 is a toxic gas... Portugal - very good! Central Europe - not so good.8:22 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Earth observation from space is useful in many fields, including health. Dirk Werle ends his keynote. #WONCA8:26 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• It was an intresting lcture, but a quite different perspective... maybe more a public health perspective or more "global perspective"#WONCA8:28 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Well, one of the main characteristics of Family Medicine is our "global approach" ;-)) Now a pause.... #WONCA Europe conference 2009.8:29 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Attending an EURACT workshop: "General Practice: towards special interests or a generalist view?"9:23 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Attending an EURACT workshop: "General Practice: towards special interests or a generalist view?" #WONCA9:24 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Debating vocational training in General PRactice in European and other countries.9:25 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Swedish government has decided that from now on doctors don't need to be Family Medicine specialists to work in Primary Care...9:37 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• I just hope this won't be contagious #WONCA9:37 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• And I am worried about similar attitudes of the Portuguese government. #WONCA9:38 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• There are still a lot of doctors with a permanent GP position without GP/FM specialty training in European countries. #WONCA9:42 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Debating: If doctors move from other countries, should they be submitted to a medical knowledge test? And a language test?9:46 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Attending WONCA open meeting, a reporting session of main activities of WONCA Europe groups... #WONCA10:46 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• There will not be WONCA EUrope conference in 2013, because WOCA World 2013 conference will take place in Europe. #10:47 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Next year WONCA Europe conference will take place in Malaga, Spain. #WONCA10:48 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• RT @apmcg: Eva Hummers-Pradier is presenting the EGPRN Research Agenda http://twitpic.com/i5dqd10:51 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• EGPRN: A Research Agenda for Primary Health Care / General Practice in Europe http://bit.ly/HZNbK #WONCA10:55 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Carlos Brotons presenting EUROPREV activities.www.europreve.org #WONCA10:56 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Attending EGPRN workshop about research agenda.http://twitpic.com/i5u752:43 PM Sep 18th from TinyTwitter

• Holistic approach: Caring for the whole person in the context of their values, beliefs, family system, culture and socioecological situation2:51 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• This our definition, but different form MeSH Term for holistic approach.2:52 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• There is no research about this core competence (holistic approach)of Family Medicine. #WONCA2:53 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• We need research with relevant health outcomes, beyond satisfaction outcomes... #WONCA2:57 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Prof. Laurent Kaiser is starting the last keynote of the day: "Influenza: dealing with viral uncertainty" #WONCA4:11 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• The fact of having Animal influenza and Human Influenza has major implications inPublic Health. #WONCA4:25 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• The barrier of species has an important role. #WONCA4:26 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Virulence and transmissibility work together as a team. Virulence per si is not dangerous. #WONCA4:30 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• End of sci program f today. Now to the gala dinner. Happy bcause I'll fly back home tomrrow and join my beloved ones (my family;-))#WONCA4:46 PM Sep 18th from TweetDeck

• Again at home ;-)) Happy!10:18 PM Sep 19th from TweetDeck

• Thinking about last days, about Family Medicine, about Basel's#WONCA Europe Conference... About evolution, about Family Medicine...7:53 AM Sep 20th from TweetDeck