WONCA News

January, 2015

WONCA has submitted various statements to the WHO executive board meeting this January.

January, 2015

Dr Henry Lawson, the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee of the Wonca Africa Conference in Accra, Ghana 6-9 May 2015 and future Wonca Africa President, urges you to join us in Ghana.

January, 2015

Title: Balint 2.0: The Application of Balint Methodology by Young Doctors Movements through a Novel International Web-based Approach

January, 2015

WONCA News has begun a regular feature on the subject of Occupational Health including useful resources for clinical practice. In this contribution, Frank and Peter present reflections for the GP when confronted with ‘common mental disorders’ related to work.

January, 2015

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice Rural Heroes Project invites WONCA Member Organizations to celebrate the life and work of a rural doctor from their country who has inspired others, and led the way in family medicine for rural communities.

January, 2015

WONCA is delighted to offer international consultancy services in primary mental health care, through its Working Party on Mental Health.

December, 2014

WONCA wishes the worldwide WONCA family a Happy New Year and best wishes for a safe and prosperous 2015. This is a great year to join the WONCA family at a WONCA conference, somewhere near you.

December, 2014

The second Vasco da Gama Movement Forum will take place in Dublin, Ireland on 20th and 21st February 2015. VdGM is the WONCA Europe network for new and future General Practitioners / Family Physicians and the VdGM Forum is a two day conference for new and future European family doctors. The title for the 2015 Forum is Family Medicine 2.0: Innovation and Awareness, and these themes will be reflected throughout the meeting.

December, 2014

Me quedé impresionado al saber que los médicos generales finlandeses no solo mantienen todos sus registros médicos en los ordenadores, sino que también tienen acceso pleno al hospital y a los registros electrónicos de otros médicos especialistas, con los resultados de radiología y patología ordenados en cualquier parte del país. Este es un logro que queda fuera del alcance de muchos otros países desarrollados

December, 2014

Dr John Wynn-Jones, Chair of WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice, sends seasons greetings and updates us on the preparations for the coming WONCA World rural health conference.