General Practice and Primary Care's Dr Zoe Noonan reports back on the group's attendance of and contribution to "NADEGS" – the annual conference for the departments of general practice in Scotland.

This year's event was held in Carnoustie, and hosted by University of St Andrews. It was entitled "Navigating towards the future". 

The conference was well attended by delegates from all Scottish medical schools and key note speakers included Emma Watson (Executive director NHS Education for Scotland) and Phil Cotton from University of Glasgow. University of Glasgow colleagues contributed eight posters to the event, one of which won the conference "best poster" award. 

 Photo of University of Glasgow teaching staff standing by a poster

Zoe Noonan and Lindsey Pope also ran a workshop "Embrace and Innovate! Using GP teaching capacity flexibly and sustainably", and various Glasgow speakers contributed oral presentations; Lynsay Crawford (below) talked on "'General practice – it’s just sitting down!' Perceptions of a General practice-focused curriculum: a qualitative student of first-year medical students". 

Photo of University of Glasgow lecturer presenting slides

Other Glasgow representatives who had oral presentations were Bhautesh Jani: "Personalised Exercise-Rehabilitation For People with Multiple long-term conditions (PERFORM): identifying trail population", Marianne McCallum who talked on "Results of Mosaic study" and Marina Politis, a fourth year student who spoke on "I wouldn’t know what to do with the breasts": the impact of patient gender on medical student confidence and comfort in clinical skills. David Blane also spoke on "living with and accessing healthcare for long COVID in Scotland: a qualitative study". 

Zoe Noonan 
Senior Lecturer (General Practice and Primary Care)

First published: 16 February 2023

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