Francophone participation at Family Medicine Forum

[摘要] This letter is in response to Dr Ladouceur’s editorial.1 Fora long time, I have felt saddened by, and sometimeseven angry at, the Family Medicine Forum Committeefor the way space is allocated to French presentations.For years, I have made the effort to contribute presentations in French, sometimes while also contributing additional presentations in English, depending on the year.My English presentations were usually assigned to largerooms with simultaneous interpretation, while my Frenchpresentations—sometimes covering similar topics, andwhich should have generated the same level of interest—were assigned to locations that were often difficultto find. French-language topics are rarely integrated intolong plenary sessions, even though they would be easy tointegrate. So yes, after getting tired of putting in the effortand despite my participation at Family Medicine Forum,I stopped submitting abstracts. Let me know if the committee decides to change its attitude.

[学科分类] 卫生学