Our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide support to our members as they participate in activities that interest them as well as allowing them to take advantage of international opportunities that arise.

Currently active groups

Women’s Health
Planetary Health
Wellbeing
Medical Education
Emergency Medicine
Health Inequities: Equally Different
Mental Health
Migrant Care, International Health and Travel Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine
GP Ultrasound
Medical Leadership
Digital Health & Artificial Intelligence
Global Health

Past groups

No longer active (feel free to reactivate – contact Secretary):

• FM Changemakers
• SoMe Ambassadors
• Family Violence SIG
• Research SIG
• Workforce Migration: Family Doctors on the Move

Want to create a new SIG?

The newly forming SIG should submit to the secretary a document with:

1. SIG Name

2. SIG Aims and Objectives, and some idea of what plans the SIG has for the upcoming year (the plans do not need to be detailed, just a general idea, but clear aims would be very much appreciated).

3. Name(s) of lead(s)

4. List of founding members

Here we are looking for a sign that there is a broad desire for this SIG, so a good number of people, preferably from a mix of countries.

The executive would then review and come back with a response. If there is time between getting the document and the following executive meeting, and there are questions or suggested amendments we may write back before to seek clarification/improvement.

Expectations from the SIG

Responding to annual report to show they are active and that they have a lead who is contactable.