Applications opening in 2025
The Bridge Project was an initiative pioneered during the pandemic to link EYFDM members working in different countries so they could work together on areas of common interest.
The aim of the Bridge Project is to connect young family doctors and encourage communication and collaboration.
The project gives you the opportunity to work on a research or quality improvement project in an area you are interested in and present the results at the WONCA conference.
The first two editions were then presented during a symposium at WONCA Europe 2023 in Brussels. Previous projects have investigated diverse areas, including family medicine exchanges, prescribing, appointments and comparing healthcare systems.
A third edition of the Bridge Project kicked off in 2024, this time opening the opportunity to young doctors within EYFDM and beyond. Ninety-five people applied to take part and they have worked together this year in 15 groups.
How to apply?
To get involved, you send an application explaining your area of interest to develop the project. This might be ‘elderly care’ or ‘safe prescribing’, it can be anything you are interested in!
The Bridge Project team will then match you to other family medicine doctors from around the world who are interested in a similar project. We will then send you details of your Bridge Project Group, and you can start working together. We suggest that you have online meetings about the project, but there is nothing stopping you meeting in person as a group to work on the project.
Ideas of what you could do might be comparing health care systems or prescribing processes, a quality improvement project in your clinics or even a literature review. You might even be able to publish the work in a journal!
The main thing is that getting involved with the Bridge Project will help you connect with new colleagues from all over the world, share learning and experiences.
Let’s build that bridge!
For any questions email: bridgeproject.
Timeline of 3rd edition:
- Applications open: 19th Feb 2024
- Deadline: 15h March 2024
- Group formation: beginning April
- Group Work: April – August
- Deadline for submission of work: 7th September 2024