As preparations begin for the 68th EQuiP Conference in 2026, we sat down with the Conference President, Dr. Krzysztof Studziński, to discuss the vision of the organizing team for this landmark event in Kraków, Poland, and its critical mission to support the health and sustainability of the primary care workforce.
A specialist in family medicine and the EQuiP representative from Poland since 2018, Dr. Studziński brings 15 years of clinical experience to his role. He is a researcher and lecturer at Jagiellonian University Medical College and serves as the Head of the Family Physician Clinic at the Brothers Hospitallers’ Medical Centre in Kraków.
EQuiP Conference At a Glance
Theme: Strengthening the Heart of Primary Care: Well-being and Resilience in Family Physicians
Dates: 21–23 May 2026 | Kraków, Poland
Official Website: https://conference.qualityfamilymedicine.eu/
EQuiP — the European Society for Quality and Safety in Family Practice — is a professional network dedicated to improving quality, safety, and education in primary care across Europe. It facilitates the exchange of practical tools and experience to raise standards in everyday general practice.
Hosting the 68th EQuiP Conference is an opportunity to bring together colleagues from across Europe to address workforce and quality challenges. It allows us to showcase successful local initiatives and foster international collaboration around practical solutions for primary care.
After recent years of intensified workload and rapid technological change, the human element of practice — specifically well-being and resilience in family doctors — must be central to any discussion of quality. Sustainable care depends on supported, healthy clinicians and psychologically safe workplaces.
Alongside workplace safety, the programme will include sessions on team-based care, professional self-care (using the Awareness–Balance–Connection model), and system-level interventions to reduce burnout. We will also explore how technology can support, rather than undermine, clinician well-being.
The keynote lectures will combine lived experience with evidence. Speakers will include senior leaders who have driven system-level change and young clinicians offering a generational perspective on maintaining well-being and resilience in family doctors throughout their professional journeys.
We encourage submissions reporting practical projects on quality, safety, and mentoring. Accepted abstracts will be presented in dedicated sessions, providing a platform for professional recognition within the EQuiP community.
The social programme will combine professional networking with cultural experiences in Kraków. These activities are designed to encourage the reflection and renewal that are essential components of long-term resilience.
GPs should attend to gain practical tools to protect their own well-being and that of their teams, and to build supportive professional networks that translate into better everyday care and enhanced resilience in family doctors.
Young GPs will benefit from mentoring, dedicated career development sessions, and a keynote competition for young doctors. All of these elements are designed to amplify early-career voices and foster intergenerational learning.
That quality in family medicine is inseparable from clinician well-being; that mentorship is an essential enabler of quality; and that investing in humane workplace cultures is an investment in safer, more effective primary care.
Poland has a universal, publicly funded healthcare system where family physicians play a central role. While we have a structured training programme, the system faces challenges like workforce shortages and administrative burdens. This conference allows us to address these issues within the broader EQuiP European context.
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Published on 23 January 2026.