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The International Primary Care Association (IPCA) has been in operation now since 2006, which is eight years thus far, almost a decade, this is a mile stone in this day and age. In short IPCA is an international membership based organisation. And like any organisation it has its many members and fans. In this instance, their members would be doctors, healthcare professionals, nurses and those with a desire to better their knowledge with the healthcare. Members are aware that joining will increase their employability chances and their ability to climb the corporate ladder. Far from being another “run of the mill” membership organisation, IPCA considers itself to be the voice for GP’s (general practitioner), due to the fact that general practitioners tend to work in Primary Care they often find themselves without a voice, this comes hand in hand with towing the line. In the sense that they are the main and first person that “we” as a nation run to when we feel under the weather. Having a person centred approach is one of the most important efforts made by IPCA, addressing local and national issues are the main focal point. Mainly because IPCA has members from all around this large globe of ours, and being that there is power in numbers, these numbers are used to have a monumental effect on campaigns and lobbying. GP’s have many different perceptions of IPCA, but the one that shines clear is that they think that IPCA is an necessary tool for the progression of careers in such a competitive market place. Most of this progression is achieved by the educational details that are intrinsic in the organisation. For example the ability to have access to postgraduate courses and other published material that means GP’s don’t have to be the bog standard representation of the NHS primary care. There is also a social aspect to joining, members often meet face-to-face, this often takes the form of conferences and meetings, and this is in the hope that the information provided will increase the knowledge of its members. Because a well-informed member (GP) will mean that patients will benefit from a newly-skilled GP that has more useful information that would be ideally relayed when patients are seen. The Continual Professional Development (CPD) is the technical term for what IPCA attempt to do. And the activities that are free to members include: cardiology, dermatology, diabetes & endocrinology, ENT, general medicine, general surgery, genitourinary medicine, geriatric medicine, gynaecology, mental health, ophthalmology, paediatrics, rheumatology and last but not least urology. So there you go, all of the reasons to be apart of the primary care centre.
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