Network: TUFH 2009 Conference in Amman, Jordan

We would like to inform you about the International Conference that The Network: TUFH will organise in Amman, Jordan from October 10 to 15, 2009. The conference theme is Achieving Quality in Health Care: Challenges for Education, Research and Service Delivery. Our conference host is Center for Educational Development, University of Jordan.The conference will be followed by a post-conference excursion to the Faculty of Medicine at Mu'tah University in Karak, Jordan on October 16, 2009.

Deadline for early registration and submission of abstracts/mini-workshop and didactic session proposals is July 1, 2009!

More information is available at www.the-networktufh.org/conference. Please do not hesitate to contact us at secretariat@network.unimaas.nl in case you would like to receive more details.

Best regards,

Pauline Vluggen and Yoka Cerfontaine
The Network: TUFH Office

The Bogotá Declaration

At the 2008 Conference in Bogotá, Colombia representatives of The Network: TUFH and participants endorsed the fact that the World Health Report 2008 will focus on primary health care and formed a declaration on this important topic. The declartion is available in English, Spanish and French at: https://www.the-networktufh.org/about_us/brochures.asp

The Prevention Education Resource Center

The Prevention Education Resource Center (PERC) is a web-based repository of educational materials related to clinical prevention and population health. PERC is supported by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR). The site promotes collaboration across health care disciplines, professions, and institutions by facilitating the exchange of teaching resources and connecting educators. The PERC was launched in October 2006 by APTR, convener of the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force. The development and operation of PERC are funded by a grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation of New York.

Any comments can be sent to Dr. Jaime Gofin at jaime@cc.huji.ac.il

Network: TUFH 2008 Conference in Bogotá, Colombia

We would also like to take this opportunity to inform you about the International Conference that The Network: TUFH will organise from September 27 to October 2, 2008 in Chia-Bogotá, Colombia. The conference theme is Adapting Health Services and Health Professions Education to Local Needs: Partnerships. Priorities and Passions. Our conference host is Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Sabana.

The conference will be followed by 2 post-conference excursions:
* October 3, 2008: Health Center Agua de Dios
* October 3 - 5, 2008: Valledupar - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

More information is available at www.the-networktufh.org/conference. Please do not hesitate to contact us at secretariat@network.unimaas.nl in case you would like to receive more details.

Best regards,

Pauline Vluggen and Yoka Cerfontaine
The Network: TUFH Office

Welcome to the Network: TUFH Blog!

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the new Weblogs of the Network: TUFH!

Weblogs (also known as "blogs") are easy-to-use websites, where anyone can quickly post thoughts and information, interact with others, and more. With these new weblogs we encourage Network: TUFH members and others to share news and interesting materials or to post comments in reaction to what others have written. A weblog can also provide links to other, relevant web pages. With this helpful new way of interacting on the internet you can learn from and reach many colleagues across the world.

The Network: TUFH Office and Executive Committee members will be posting reports and messages to these weblogs on a regular basis. If you are a member of The Network: TUFH you are invited to also post messages on these blogs. To get clearance to do so, please contact The Network: TUFH office at: secretariat@network.unimaas.nl . Otherwise, everyone is free to add comments in response to these postings without having to sign up first.

We wish you a lot of fun with these new Network: TUFH taskforces’ weblogs!
Best wishes,

Pauline Vluggen and Yoka Cerfontaine
The Network: TUFH Office