WONCA News

January, 2021

This important day, as we celebrate Education internationally, offers a crucial opportunity to reflect together, globally, on a future beyond the trials and tribulations of this dreadful, heart breaking pandemic.

January, 2021

新的一年，我们都要面对新冠疫情爆发和全球大流行所引发的意想不到的现实。为了应对这一新常态，我们不得不寻求新的、创造性的方法以克服未来的不确定性，并肩负使命，将技术创新视为新时代的重要部分。

January, 2021

You can now download the WONCA Calendar 2021, an effort to spread information and create awareness amongst the general population about COVID-19.

January, 2021

Dr. Donald Li, Presidente de WONCA, envía un mensaje a los miembros del Consejo y colegas, convocando a una Junta General Extraordinaria en mayo, para discutir y votar enmiendas cruciales a los estatutos.

January, 2021

Education for Primary Care offers free access to an interesting paper on undergraduate longitudinal clerkships: “The hidden curriculum and its marginalisation of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships.”

December, 2020

Education for Primary Care: Issue 31: 6 is now online here with the regular wide range of articles. This month, free access is available here for the article: “Reimagining medical education for primary care in the time of COVID-19: a world view.”

December, 2020

December 2020 marks the end of an era for WONCA – and the beginning of a new era. At the end of the month, Garth Manning will retire as WONCA CEO after more than eight years in post. I have worked with Garth throughout that time and was on the panel which appointed him. Garth’s first day in post was the first day of a three-day WONCA Executive meeting, in London, in 2012.

December, 2020

Garth Manning (CEO 2012-2020) writes his final column for WONCA News reflecting on key achievements and changes during his CEO time of just over eight years, including: presidents; achievements in finances, communications, membership and diversity; expansion of Working Parties, Special Interest Groups and the Young Doctors' Movement; consultatncies and the WONCA standards that underpin these; and interaction with the WHO.

December, 2020

After 103 issues and over 10 ½ years it’s time for me to say farewell as your WONCA editor. It’s been an honour to serve WONCA as its Editor, since May 2010, as it allowed me to get to know so many fantastic and amazing colleagues and to learn about family medicine and its variations around the world.

December, 2020

At the end of 2020 Dr Garth Manning retires as WONCA CEO. He has served during the terms of four WONCA presidents, having commenced duties during the term of Rich Roberts, and continuing during the terms of Michael Kidd, Amanda Howe and Donald Li. Here Rich, Michael and Amanda give their thoughts at this time, and Donald’s parting messages are included in this month's “From the President” column.