WONCA News

July, 2018

Prof Felicity Goodyear-Smith Chair reports on 2017-18 activities. Research WONCA has been very active in the past year, the membership has grown and communication is maintained via a Google discussion group, with 68 members of the Research Assembly.

July, 2018

An outline of the past years' activities of the Working Party on Quality and Safety.

June, 2018

The governance of a global network organization like WONCA is a huge and unusual challenge. Our Council meets only once every two years - many members are new, and attend Council only once in their careers. Indeed the President only chairs WONCA Council once in their tenure! Executive will account there for the financial situation, and make proposals based on predictions for what is needed to help WONCA survive and thrive.

June, 2018

For our CEO, Garth Manning, it has been an especially busy period of late, with the World Health Assembly closely followed by the WONCA Europe conference, in Krakow, which was then followed immediately by the WONCA Executive meeting in Warsaw. Meanwhile, having also been at the WONCA Europe conference, I reflect on the great enjoyment of attending WONCA Conferences.

June, 2018

​Estas últimas semanas, la WONCA ha estado bastante tranquila en términos de encuentros, mientras se va acercando el Congreso Mundial de Seúl, el próximo mes de octubre.

June, 2018

En la Organización Mundial de la Salud, experimentamos un nuevo nivel de acceso de WONCA, con la invitación que se hizo a la Presidencia de WONCA Mundial para que nos uniéramos al Grupo Asesor Internacional que está coordinando las actividades del 40 Aniversario de Alma Ata, y algunos de nuestros colegas académicos tuvieron la oportunidad de involucrarse en el desarrollo de documentos técnicos para el programa de trabajo AA40 (Alma Ata 40)

June, 2018

Estos es lo que es necesario hacer en todos los servicios sanitarios – crear una fuerte voz profesional que sea creíble para los médicos de familia y que sea escuchada por parte de los gobiernos, políticos y otros profesionales sanitarios – y esto es valorado y apoyado por los impactos que tenemos en nuestros pacientes, salud y vidas.

June, 2018

WONCA Europe and its teaching organization EURACT have produced several important documents on a common definition and description of the GP/FM specialty. These documents support the recognition of GP/FM and improvement in the quality of specialty training schemes in addition they promote international collaborations.

June, 2018

A report on the First national Course on Quaternary Prevention (P4). Sponsored by the WONCA SIG on Quaternary Prevention and Overmedicalization, it was held in the city of Lima.

June, 2018

The submission deadline of the 1st Distinguished Research Making Family Medicine Shine Award has been extended. The aim of this award is to recognize the distinguished research conducted by WONCA colleagues which has been published in high-impact journals in the field of medicine or health sciences and to honor and award them at WONCA 2018 Seoul.