title: WONCA 2015 preconference exchange: Self-discovery, friendship, and innovation amidst diversity and uncertainty.
abstract: This commentary is the result of a long-distance creative writing project between young general practitioners (GPs) from around the world. They wrote this after participating in an exchange program in Turkey, where they had the opportunity to shadow a Turkish GP, and talk about primary health care around the world. This program was organized by the Vasco da Gama Movement (Vasco da Gama Movement is WONCA Europe's Working group for New and Future GPs: http://vdgm.woncaeurope.org/).
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Campus Heymans (UZ Gent), 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Indra Van
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Hoorick
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Jos/Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yakubu
authors.affiliation: Public Health Centre, Agios Stefanos, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsipou
authors.affiliation: Conchas Family Health Unit, Alameda da Linha de Torres, 5th and 6th Floor, No. 243, 1750 Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Beatriz
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Unit, American Hospital, Tesvikiye Mahallesi, Güzelbahçe Sokak, No: 20, 34365, Şişli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nurşah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Özkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Marmara University Training and Research Hospital, Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Süheyla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atalay
keywords: Fear; Turkey; friends; general practitioners