Submission Guidelines
The WONCA Asia-Pacific Region (APR) Conference 2027 embraces the theme “Family Doctors: The Heart of Quality Primary Healthcare.” This theme highlights the indispensable role of family doctors in shaping resilient, equitable, and patient-centered health systems.
To bring this theme to life, HEART captures the essential pillars of quality primary healthcare:
- Holistic Care: From Prevention to Clinical Care — delivering comprehensive, person-centered care across the continuum of health.
- Education & Training — advancing knowledge, skills, and lifelong learning for healthcare professionals.
- Accessibility & Equity — addressing disparities and improving equitable access to primary care services for all populations.
- Resilience & Sustainability — strengthening systems to withstand challenges and thrive into the future.
- Telemedicine, Technology & AI — harnessing digital health innovations to enhance primary care delivery
All submissions will undergo review by the Scientific Subcommittee. Accepted abstracts will be assigned to the appropriate session based on the author’s application and programme requirements. We look forward to your valuable contributions and to advancing the field together.
Category Threads
Please select ONE category from the list below:
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H: Holistic Care: From Prevention to Clinical Care
This theme encompasses comprehensive approaches to health across the entire continuum of care, including health promotion, disease prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care. Submissions may explore biopsychosocial models, integrated care pathways, multimorbidity management, and person-centred or family-based care. Research addressing lifestyle interventions, mental health integration, community-based care, and culturally sensitive practices is also encouraged. Both clinical innovations and system-level approaches that enhance continuity and coordination of care are welcome.
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E: Education & Training
This category invites work related to the education and professional development of family doctors and primary care teams across undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education. Topics may include curriculum design, competency-based training, assessment methods, interprofessional education, and faculty development. Innovations in teaching modalities such as simulation, digital learning, and experiential or community-based learning are encouraged. Studies evaluating educational outcomes, training environments, and workforce preparedness in diverse settings are also highly relevant.
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A: Accessibility & Equity
This theme focuses on reducing disparities and improving equitable access to primary care services for all populations, particularly underserved and vulnerable groups. Submissions may address social determinants of health, health policy, service delivery models, and interventions aimed at improving affordability, availability, and acceptability of care. Research may also explore geographic, socioeconomic, cultural, and digital divides, as well as strategies to promote inclusive and culturally competent care. Innovative approaches to outreach, community engagement, and health system reform are particularly welcome.
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R: Resilience & Sustainability
This category highlights efforts to strengthen the resilience of primary care systems, healthcare professionals, and communities in the face of challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and workforce pressures. Topics may include burnout prevention, workforce wellbeing, adaptive leadership, and crisis preparedness. Submissions may also explore sustainable healthcare practices, environmentally responsible care delivery, and resource stewardship. Research that integrates long-term system sustainability with high-quality patient care is encouraged.
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T: Telemedicine & Technology & AI
This theme covers the use of digital health innovations to enhance primary care delivery, including telemedicine, mobile health, electronic health records, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics. Submissions may examine clinical effectiveness, implementation challenges, ethical considerations, and patient and clinician experiences with technology-enabled care. Research on data-driven decision-making, predictive analytics, population health management, precision medicine, and digital health equity is welcome. Both technical innovations and evaluations of real-world integration into primary care settings are encouraged.
Abstract Submission Guidelines for Oral & Poster Presentation
Submit your abstract under ONE category only. Do not submit the same abstract to multiple tracks.
Choose the best-fit category where your work will be most appropriately considered.
- Paper Presentation Options
- Oral or poster presentation. Abstract not selected for oral presentation will automatically be considered for e-poster presentation.
- Eligibility Requirement
To be eligible, submissions must meet ALL of the following conditions:- The presenting author must be one of the listed authors of the study and must register for the Conference. Any listed author may serve as the presenting author, provided they are sufficiently familiar with the work and have obtained agreement from the research team;
- Only ONE designated presenter is permitted to present the accepted abstract. Co-authors are welcome to register and attend the session;
- Abstracts of research studies in progress are welcome and will be considered for poster presentation;
- All accepted abstracts will be published on the WONCA APRC website and/or in the e-programme books.
- Oral Presentation Format
- Duration: 12 minutes/ presenter
- Structure:
- 8 minutes presentation followed by 4 minutes question and discussion.
- The presentation will be placed together with up to 7 presentations in a themed session.
- 90 minutes per themed session.
- Abstract Structure
Your abstract should include:- Title (maximum 20 words)
- Abstract body maximum of 300 words, excluding the title and name of authors
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
- Keywords (up to 3 keywords)
- Category (select from the 5 categories above)
- Authors and Affiliations (Please indicate who is the presenting author)
- Last Name, First Name
- Email Address
- Primary Institution
- Indicate if the presenter is part of WONCA Special Interest Group
- Conflict of Interest (if any)
- Consent to publish in the conference materials
- Submission Deadline
- Abstract must be submitted in English by 15 November 2026 (Sunday) 23:59 HKT via the online submission portal.
- Review Process
- The Scientific Subcommittee will review all abstracts using standard evaluation criteria.
- Abstract not selected for oral presentation will automatically be considered for e-poster presentation.
- Post-Acceptance Requirements
- Presenting author must complete the registration within the pre-registration period.
