THE world is getting smaller. GPs are increasingly coming in contact with people from different countries and culture is becoming an important issue that determines communication between the doctor and the patient. Doctors need tools that help their work in a multicultural environment.
Under the patronage of the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice (EURACT), the Slovene Family Medicine Society at the University Ljubljana and the Institute of Family Medicine are organising the 13th International Course for teachers in general/family practice in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia to take place on 7–11 September 2004. EURACT council members also serving as additional resource persons and the course directors are from around Europe. The social programme will be organised by the chair of the social programme of the Wonca Europe 2003 conference in Ljubljana, Nena Kopcavar-Gucek, so you can be sure that it …