1. Stepping Stones: Strategies to Enrich your Life with Global Family Medicine
Cynthia Haq M.D.
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin-Madison
American Academy of Family Physicians
September, 2009

2. Follow your passion What do you enjoy? What are you good at?
What is needed?
What gets you excited and energized?
Who do you love?

5. Education for Health for All

6. Core Values Dignity and respect Equity Integrity Integration
Creating teams to amplify impact
Equity
Service to those in greatest need
Integrity
Learning and questioning
Accepting limitations
Integration
Comprehensive, community-based, team care
Self, family and doctor

7. Develop areas of expertise
Family physician
Teacher
Health systems
Primary health care

8. Seek opportunities for learning, growth and development
Network
Take careful risks
Expect failures
Share and celebrate successes
Keep going !

10. Primary Health Care Declaration of Alma Ata 1978
Health, which is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being....is a fundamental human right...
The attainment of the highest possible level of health is a most important world-wide social goal.....
Governments have a responsibility for the health of their people...
Primary health care is the key to attaining this target as part of development in the spirit of social justice.

13. Family doctors in health systems
Clinicians
Teachers
Collaborators
Leaders

16. Enjoy life! Work hard, seek balance and sustain loving relationships
Take time for self-care and renewal
You don’t need to do it all at once
Discover and explore
Have fun !

18. One person-many roles Mother Volunteer physician in Uganda
Consultant in Afghanistan
Visiting professor in Pakistan
Consultant to WHO
Founding leader of UW Center for Global Health
Field course director
Grateful human !