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Abstract: Purpose: Medical meetings give the opportunity to present oral communications or posters to the attending participants. However, the peer-reviewed publication of a full article allows to reach a wide readership. Key points: The survey that was performed on the oral communications and posters presented at the 43rd meeting of the French National Society of Internal Medicine, December 2000, showed that amongst the 303 selected podium presentations and posters, only 82 (27%) were published during the five following years. Podium presentations were more likely to be published than posters (36% versus 22%). Conclusion: Many oral communications and posters that are presented in medical meeting are not followed by the publication of a peer-reviewed full article despite the modern means of communication. However, this issue is of paramount importance as beyond the legitimate personal satisfaction of a publication, the scientific and academic recognition are the ground of medical career achievement for many physicians. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The author reflects on the Society of Rural Physicians in Canada (SRPC). He suggests that for many years, the SRPC has been a voice crying out in the wilderness on topics relevant to rural physicians and rural Canadians. He argues that there are many endeavours that the SRPC is involved in in 2013 and that it will need agreement and support from its members to make the endeavours successful.