Table 1 Clinical issues proposed by the participants before the workshop

Maternal and child health

Effectiveness of CTG in the monitoring of maternal labor during childbirth

Disease

Diagnostic investigations for rheumatic health diseases amongst affected children; issues relating to referral to secondary care

Disease

Communicable diseases

Management of patients with undifferentiated symptoms in early phase of dengue, typhoid and Leptospirosis.

Disease

Inappropriate use of antibiotics for viral infection such as dengue

Disease

Accuracy of simple test to diagnose dengue using tourniquet in resource-poor community

Disease

Management of hemoptysis amongst patients with pneumonia

Disease

Non-communicable diseases

Rising prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus: managing at risk patients with these chronic diseases in rural communities

Disease

Management of diabetic-related complications in primary care

Disease

Perception of diabetic patients for their foot care

Patient

Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence-based pharmacotherapy

Disease

Physician management of hypercholesterolemia amongst diabetic patients

Disease

Management of acute asthma exacerbation: effectiveness of pharmacotherapy at an emergency setting

Disease

Effectiveness of evidence-based pharmacotherapy to achieve and maintain asthma control

Disease

Trauma and injuries

Epidemiology of road traffic accidents in Cook Islands

Disease

Alternative medicine

Impact of Livomyn on the liver function amongst kava drinkers

Disease

Training of primary care physicians

Patients’ perception of the continuous medical education of their general practitioners

Patient

Medical defense for primary care physician

Mandatory implementation of medical indemnity for general practitioners in Fiji

Physician