Havana, July 29, 2004 (updated October 4, 2004)

Program of Scientific Exchange

WONCA/AAFP 2004 Conferences, NAPCRG Meeting, and other Satellite

Exchanges at Orlando, FL, from October 8 to 19, 2004.

Goal:

To participate in the 2004 World Organization for General Physicians (WONCA) Conference, Annual Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Meeting, & other Satellite Exchanges as first AAFP Cuban international member

Activities:

-To see and learn the last World, North American and US advances on scientific research and training programs, and on health informatics, telemedicine, internet, and other ICTs, in primary care, general and family medicine, as well as in medicine, surgery, nursing, technology and public health in the health facilities of Florida.

-To recover and strengthen the scientific collaboration, partnership and friendship between our Havanan health care & scientific centers, university, societies, and the US and Florida homologues, exploring possibilities for future scientific collaboration and research projects, according to present US and Cuba regulations.

Note: The trip is financed by a WONCA of Singapore bursary assistance of 4/28/04 & foreign colleagues. Exit permission application in MINSAP began on 04/28/04; filling of US visa forms on 07/28/04; US interview on 10/04/04.

Friday 8^th to Saturday 9^th of October:

-Reception at Miami International Airport: By US physicians and scientists.

-Arrival to the Hotel Wyndham Orlando Resort, 8001 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819, United States, Phone: 407-351-2420

-Meeting to discuss further collaborations on our mutual scientific projects and publications, with Christina Holt, MD, Dept. of Family Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, tel. 617 414 6244 [email protected]

-Formal & Informal exchange & sharing with US physicians and scientists, and visits to Florida health and science facilities.

Sunday 10^th to Sunday 17^th:

-32^nd North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting. Oct. 10-13, 2004, in the Wyndham Orlando Resort, Orlando, FL. Organizer: Dr. Stacy Brungardt, Director [email protected], Dr. Larry Green, Contact [email protected] www.napcrg.org

-Change to the Hotel LA QUINTA INN - INTERNATIONAL DRIVE. 8300 Jamaican Court, Orlando, FL 32819   tel. 407-351-1660 fax. 407-351-9264

-17^th World Organization for General Physicians Conference, and Annual Scientific Assembly of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Oct. 13-17, 2004, in the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL. Organizer: Dr. Daniel Ostergaard, M.D., Vice President AAFFP and Ms. Terry Smalley, Senior Program Coordinator, tel: 913-906-6000, [email protected] [email protected] www.wonca2004.org

-Formal & Informal exchange & sharing with US physicians and scientists. Meeting till now with Bill and Judy Gammonley, and with David Kibbe, Director Center for Health IT, AAFP.

Monday 18^th to Tuesday 19^th of October:

-Meeting to discuss further collaborations on our mutual scientific projects and publications, with Richard A Dickey, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-0001. tel. and fax. (828) 327-7269 [email protected]

-Formal & Informal exchange & sharing with US physicians and scientists, and visits to Florida health and science facilities.

-Depart from the Hotel LA QUINTA INN - INTERNATIONAL DRIVE.

-Farewell at Miami International Airport: By US physicians and scientists.

Note: This schedule could be specified regarding flights availability