WONCA News

May, 2014

The Puerto Rico Academy of Family Physicians have decided to make a new video explaining the specialty of Family Physicians.

May, 2014

"Cualquier paciente con cualquier problema, en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar". Quiero rendir homenaje a nuestro Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Práctica Clínica Rural de WONCA, que durante los últimos 22 años ha sido un gran defensor, además de muy eficaz, de dar formación y apoyo a un número suficiente de médicos de familia rurales cualificados, para poder satisfacer las necesidades de salud de las personas que viven en zonas rurales de todos los países del mundo.

May, 2014

“Any patient with any problem, anytime and anywhere” - I pay tribute to our WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice, which, for the past 22 years, has been such a strong and effective advocate for training and supporting sufficient numbers of skilled rural family doctors to meet the health care needs of the people living in rural areas in all nations of the world.

April, 2014

La aplicación de las definiciones de la medicina de familia: lecciones de las regiones, las zonas rurales y los residentes

April, 2014

Em 12 de abril, em Quito, Equador, foi concluída a V Cúpula Ibero-Americana de Medicina de Família após dois dias de um trabalho intenso e produtivo, incluindo o intercâmbio de experiências e atividades participativas.

April, 2014

El 12 de abril, en Quito, Ecuador, la V Cumbre Iberoamericana de Medicina Familiar se ha concluida después de dos días de un trabajo intenso y productivo, incluyendo el intercambio de experiencias y actividades participativas.

April, 2014

The WONCA CEO reflects on two conferences in South America, the Quito Declaration, and the upcoming World Family Doctor Day and the Asia Pacific conference coming soon in Kuching.

April, 2014

Earlier this year, the first Vasco da Gama Movement Forum, gave trainee and new Family Doctors an opportunity to meet and participate in workshops, present posters, hear a variety of speakers and generally exchange views and experiences on being a Family Doctor. One such session was the World Café workshop on the subject of 'Global Health'.

April, 2014

A report by WONCA Iberoamericana president, Dr Inez Padula, on the the V Iberoamerican Summit of Family Medicine held in Quito, Ecuador and the resultant "Carta de Quito" - Quito Declaration.

April, 2014

Well known Swiss family doctor, Dr Bruno Kissling is this month's featured doctor. His work as a family doctor was recently filmed in one of three documentaries made by Dr Sylviane Gindrat about the working life of six Swiss family doctors - "At the Doctor's Side"