WONCA News

October, 2022

The Arabian Gulf University (AGU), supported by the Bahrain Government and the Supreme Council of Health (SCH), successfully completed the two-year Clinical Masters in Family Medicine (CMFM). The programme has also been granted WONCA accreditation after meeting WONCA’s Global Standards for Postgraduate Family Medicine Education.

October, 2022

This is a space dedicated to caregivers and elderly patients, created with anonymous collaborations from the WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health. This section includes inspiring anecdotes for the simple purpose of adding value and quality to older patient’s lives.

October, 2022

The Healthy Lung Masterclass Asia (HLMA) webinar series will conclude, with its final webinar on 27 October 2022 (19:00–20:25 UTC+8) entitled “Bridging the doctor-patient gap to improve asthma care”.

October, 2022

WONCA will bring together family doctors, GPs and primary healthcare specialists from around the world so don’t miss your chance to be involved the largest global gathering of primary care professionals.

October, 2022

El 10 y 11 de noviembre será la coronación de un trabajo inmenso que se realiza en pos de instalar la Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria en Guatemala, un país que aun no cuenta con la especialidad y que la VIII Cumbre será artífice y motor de sembrar la primera semilla para un futuro lleno de médicos y medicas familiares /familiares

October, 2022

Dans notre travail clinique, les médecins de famille sont prudents ; nous ne donnons pas d'alarme tant qu'il n'y a pas de bonne raison de le faire.

October, 2022

在临床工作中，家庭医生是非常谨慎的；除非有充分的理由，否则我们不会拉响警报。

October, 2022

September, 2022

WONCA President, Dr Anna Stavdal attended multiple sessions of the Family Medicine Experience 2022, Global Health roundtables, networking sessions and panels led by north American colleagues and members of WONCA

September, 2022

Yes. Sixty years of studies have validated, repeatedly, that the doctor-patient relationship is a key to the placebo factor – how patients get well.