WONCA News

June, 2018

This year – 2018 – we chose as the key theme “Family doctors – leading the way to better health”. The WONCA Editor reports: Some activities have been submitted to the WONCA editor but of course this is just a small sample of the enormous worldwide activity on this day. Many items were also posted on Facebook and twitter.

May, 2018

Some extra PEARLS have been sourced for this month. Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations - are brief (minimalistic summaries) of Cochrane Primary care systematic reviews with the answer in the title (so you only read the ones you like). And there are a few new Goodfellow GEMS as well.

May, 2018

Many have just returned from an extremely successful WONCA World Rural Health conference in Delhi. Dr Pratyush Kumar, chair of the Host Organising committee and Dr Raman Kumar President of the Academy of Family Physicians of India report on the many aspects of this wonderful event.

May, 2018

May was a very busy month – starting with a very enjoyable and informative trip to visit our members in the Caribbean College of Family Physicians; then the World Health Assembly in Geneva; followed by the WONCA Europe conference in Krakow; and then our WONCA World Executive in Warsaw! We celebrated World Family Doctor Day on 19 May – which gives another important opportunity to recognise your hard work and achievements!

May, 2018

WONCA CEO Garth Manning outlines arrangements for all WONCA Meetings associated with (mostly preceding) the coming World conference in Seoul,South Korea. These include meetings of Working Parties and Special Interest Groups, Young Doctors and the WOCNA World Council. Venues are confirmed and vary so please take a close look.

May, 2018

The Department of Family Medicine, at the University of Malawi College of Medicine was founded in 2011. A founding Faculty member for the department, Dr Luckson Dullie, was profiled on the WONCA website in 2013. John Parks MD is head of the Department of Family Medicine at University of Malawi College of Medicine in Malawi. Here he writes an update on Family Medicine in Malawi.

May, 2018

Young Sik Kim writes: I am glad to announce that many colleagues have submitted their ideas, and we now have received over 1,200 abstracts. With only one week remaining until the submission deadline, I encourage you to submit your abstracts today and share your recent achievements. Don’t be late and miss out!

May, 2018

As a further addition to WONCA Standards, and to enhance quality standards and improvement in family medicine practice, the Secretariat developed a series of Global Standards for Practice Accreditation, in 2017. These standards look at four key areas of practice: practitioners, patients, provider activity, premises

May, 2018

Guillaume Charbonneau, MD, President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada writes a message to his colleagues in Canada - Let’s celebrate World Family Doctor Day / Fêtons la Journée mondiale des médecins de famille

May, 2018

I am writing this from an intense energetic conference in Nigeria, hosted by one of our member organisations - the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN). This is my first visit to West Africa during my Presidency, having managed countries in North, South and East Africa already. The other equally intense and impressive overseas experience was the IberoAmericana Cumbre and conference in Colombia.