EYFDM’s President Daria Gheorghe talked with WONCA Europe and recently and interview was published. You can read all on the WONCA Europe website.

“How would you introduce EYFDM to our readers? 

EYFDM – the European Young Family Doctors Movement – is one of WONCA Europe’s networks, dedicated to family doctors in the early stages of their career so either trainees or doctors during their first five years of training. Our aim is to foster connections between young family doctors whilst also promoting Family Medicine and we do so through our exchanges, Forums and preconferences. There is an overall feeling of friendliness and peer-support at our events that participants appreciate and which leaves them feeling even more motivated about our lovely specialty. With that being said, if there are any young doctors reading this that are still hesitating on participating in one of our next events, I strongly encourage them to attend as our amazing EYFDM community will welcome them with open arms!”

Are are just a few highlights:

There is an overall feeling of friendliness and peer-support at our events that participants appreciate and which leaves them feeling even more motivated about our lovely specialty

We wish for as many of our members as possible to attend our events but we know that this is a challenge for lower income country members

I think Family Medicine might evolve to an even more global patient approach through community health and social prescribing all whilst paying more attention to the social determinants in health.

Read the complete interview here.

Considering the proximity of the WONCA call for abstracts deadline the executive decided to extend the call for the position of Treasure to April 4th. As treasurer, you’ll play a key role in managing finances, ensuring transparency, and contributing to the success of our organisation. You can find all the details in the role description below.

The elections organisational policy can be found here.

Who Can Apply?
We are looking for a young doctor who is an active member of their National Medical Organisation (NMO). If you’re passionate, driven, and ready to take on responsibility, we want to hear from you!

The required documents for election are as follows: 

○ Curriculum Vitae 

○ Motivational Letter 

○ Proof of membership of their NMO 

○ Proof of young doctor status 

○ An essential letter of recommendation from their National Delegate if the candidate is not themselves a National Delegate, or from their NEC if the candidate is a National Delegate themselves and their country has a NEC. 

○ Up to three desirable letters of recommendation: 

■ From their NMO 

■ A maximum of two letters from other EYFDM members 

The deadline to submit applications for this position is April 4th 2025 – email to secretary

Election Day:
The election will be held on 25th April 2025, during the Council Meeting in Luxembourg (or online). As a candidate, you’ll deliver a 3-minute presentation and answer questions from the council before voting begins.

Update: there is no longer the requirement of being EU resident

The year is ending and the festive season is here! We would like to share our season’s greetings with you! Thank you to all our amazing national delegates and members that collaborated to bring you some holiday spirit:

We hope you all have a joyous time.

Get a glimpse what we have been up to in the last 12 months, check the annual EYFDM report below. The yearly report was approved by the council in Dublin.

Some highlights:

• 10 conference exchanges
• 95 people applied to Bridge Project in 15 groups
• 14 bursaries to WONCA Europe 2023 in Brussels
• 3 bursaries to EYFDM Forum in Vienna (2024)
• 1 FM360 exchange to to Sri Lanka (1st after pandemic)
• 11 Hippokrates exchanges in 2023
• 9 established + 4 new Special Interest Groups

We are pleased to open calls for applications to the position of Treasurer on the Executive. Please find the role description below.
This will be an online election:

• the deadline to submit applications (see documents list below) to secretary is 27th October 2024
• these will be vetted and circulated to council on 28th October 2024, they will have 1 week to submit questions
• questions will be circulated to the candidates on 3rd November 2024, with 1 week to submit responses
• these responses will be shared with council and the vote opened on 10th November, closing on 17th November with the outcome announced.

The elections organisational policy can be found here.
Candidates should be a young doctor and a member of their NMO.

The required documents for election are as follows:
○ Curriculum Vitae
○ Motivational Letter
○ Proof of membership of their NMO
○ Proof of young doctor status
○ An essential letter of recommendation from their National Delegate if the candidate is not themselves a National Delegate, or from their NEC if the candidate is a National Delegate themselves and their country has a NEC.
○ Up to three desirable letters of recommendation:
■ From their NMO
■ A maximum of two letters from other EYFDM members

Candidates will also need to submit a 3 minute video presentation to accompany their application.

Please contact secretary if you have any questions!