World Rural Health conference in USA 2019 - call for abstracts

"In New Mexico, you are welcome here".

The USA’s National Rural Health Association (NRHA) and University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center have partnered to bring the 16th WONCA World Rural Health conference to the United States for the first time in eight years.

Save the date for October 12-15, 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Consider submitting a proposal by March 29, 2019, to present your research or other work.

Abstract submission form (oral presentations and posters)Conference website
Emerging highlights include:
• UNM’s revolutionary Project ECHO telemedicine platform showing how technology can bring medical information anywhere, in a live session, with real-time experts from across the globe.
• Engaging keynotes: NASA physician Erik Antonsen will speak on the “Rural clinician for Mars.”
• Hands-on workshops to enhance pragmatic skills in obstetrics, soft tissue procedures, ultrasound, cryotherapy, joint injection, electro-surgery, dermoscopy, and stabilising the unstable patient.
• Field trips to experience rural health care delivery and training in New Mexico for Native American, homeless, international, and refugee populations in South Valley Health Commons and the Madrid/Santa Fe region.
• And much more, including your presentations and research.

Early bird registration deadline August 30, 2019.

Share this opportunity, and tell everyone you know: In New Mexico, you are welcome here.