WONCA News

July, 2012

The conference organising committee for Prague met in Vienna last week and plans for next year’s world conference are well underway. Newsletter number 3 contains a draft program, registration fee details, key note speaker names, messages from Professors Amanda Howe and Igor Švab, and many ideas for sightseeing in and around the Czech capital.

July, 2012

Change is inevitable and evokes both anxiety and hope. Uncertainty about the eventual outcome of change induces anxiety. Anticipation that change may improve on the status quo inspires hope. Several major changes are underway for WONCA that are the result of careful planning and will create a new WONCA. The first of these changes you are experiencing at this moment - the new WONCA website. While we will retain the familiar globalfamilydoctor.com (GFD) address, virtually every other aspect of the new website will be different.

July, 2012

The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) is pleased to announce Dr Garth Manning FRCGP FCGP[SL](Hon), as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dr Manning was selected after an extensive global search that followed the announcement by current CEO, Dr Alfred Loh, of his plan to retire.

July, 2012

WONCA Asia Pacific regional council recently formulated the Jeju Declaration outlining their vision for family medicine enhancement.

June, 2012

A long career as a professional soldier had taught him much about storytelling and stout drink, both of which he shared liberally. Sipping baijiu from a small ceramic cup, the old man recounted his grim ntroduction to the military as a teenager in the infantry during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

June, 2012

For the third time, the Lyn Clearihan Award for the best research paper published in the journal in the preceding twelve months has been awarded. This year the winner is Dr Mora Claramita.

June, 2012

A recently published PhD dissertation from Icelandic general practitioner Hálfdán Pétursson may provide some answers to the long time conflict between general practitioners and cardiovascular specialists, on risk factor thresholds for primary cardiovascular prevention.

June, 2012

The Junior Researcher Award aims to promote a generation of junior GP/FM doctors who include research skills with patient care as a life time career. This award honours outstanding research proposals from trainees or junior GPs/ family physicians with up to five years working experience after graduation.

June, 2012

Professor Michael Kidd, WONCA President Elect and chair of the Nominating and Awards Committee has made the call to WONCA Member Organizations to make nominations for the various WONCA awards to be presented at the world conference, being held in Prague, in 2013. The awards are: • WONCA Fellowship • WONCA Honorary Direct Life membership • WONCA Foundation Award and • WONCA 5 Star Doctor Award

June, 2012

WONCA Europe is proud to announce Dr Miguel Román, of Spain as the winner of the WONCA Europe Award of Excellence in Health Care: The 5-Star Doctor 2012.