Monthly Modality Grand Round virtual CPD presentations can now be accessed by ASAIPA members
Dear ASAIPA Member,
The partnership agreement reached between ASAIPA and the UK’s award-winning primary care Modality Partnership organisation towards the end of last year has provided ASAIPA members access to the renowned Modality Grand Rounds continuing education programme comprising monthly one-hour virtual lectures covering a broad range of primary care themes including clinical updates, prescribing optimisation and governance.
Traditionally presented on a Wednesday between 14h00 and 15h00 (SA time), one CPD point has been allocated for each meeting for which members, in turn, will receive a Certificate of Attendance. Members will be able to register free of charge via a link to be provided by ASAIPA*.
Primary care ‘super-partnership’
As a representative group of 400 GPs, the Modality super-partnership operates primary health care and community services across the United Kingdom. ASAIPA and Modality representatives spent some time recently identifying and discussing common beneficial and achievable programmes of mutual benefit, ultimately deciding on three pillars going forward, namely Education, Research and Wider Strategic Opportunities.
The Modality Grand Rounds series of virtual lectures are key education components while the upcoming ASAIPA-convened Smart Health Africa Summit in June and Modality’s Pathfinder Digital Transformation Summit in the UK shortly thereafter represent collaborative examples across all three pillars.
Acknowledged real world primary and secondary care authorities are hand-picked to present the Grand Round lectures, while the topics are of a universal nature usually selected by delegates with particular relevance to primary care.
Local contributions
ASAIPA will in future also provide topics and speakers to be included in a rolling timetable set up six months in advance.
The first virtual presentation to have a South African audience took place on 15 April and attracted 100 local practitioners. Until now audiences have been made up of resident doctors in the UK and all Modality clinical staff, namely doctors, nurses, pharmacists and allied staff.
Among the features of the Modality Grand Rounds virtual lectures are comprehensive question and answer (Q&A) sessions at the end of each presentation. There is no supply industry involvement and as such, no advertisements, i.e. “Completely doctor given and doctor driven!”
*Further information and registration details are available from tanya@asaipa.co.za
Sincerely,
ASAIPA Communication Department
