WONCA News

October, 2012

Five new PEARLS have been added to the WONCA website. PEARLS are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group and are meant for educational use and not to guide clinical care.

October, 2012

Mensaje del Presidente de WONCA, Octubre 2012. Tres personas han jugado un papel fundamental en esta transformación: el Dr. Alfred loh, Ivonne Cheng y Gillian Tan ... Todo ello hace especialmente difícil decirles adiós, tanto a ellos como a la Secretaría en Singapur.

October, 2012

A lecture series was delivered in Nigeria to celebrate World Family Doctor Day. Photos record the event.

October, 2012

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has launched its 8th edition of the 'RACGP Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice', commonly referred to as the College’s ‘Red Book’.

October, 2012

On September 13th, the Dutch College of General Practitioners organized a ceremony to mark the fact that Arno Timmermans stepped down as medical director and President. The occasion brought to an end an impressive leadership of primary care

October, 2012

En el número del mes de septiembre de WONCA News, la revista electrónica mensual de la sociedad mundial de médicos de familia, Richard Roberts, presidente de WONCA, trata sobre su visita al XXXII Congreso de la semFYC, celebrado en Bilbao el pasado mes de junio.

October, 2012

Doctors on bikes took the streets of Melbourne, Australia to raise community awareness about the environmental and health benefits of cycling

October, 2012

WONCA Europe is calling for applications for bursaries for the WONCA World conference 2013 Prague. The bursaries will support conference registration, accommodation and travel to a maximum of $1,000 per person. The bursaries will be available worldwide in competition to any family doctor or resident in a family doctor programme, who can make a case for such a bursary and who is supported by their own College or Association.

October, 2012

It is with sadness that the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) acknowledges the passing of Dr Ian McWhinney on September 28, 2012. C'est avec tristesse que le Collège des médecins de famille du Canada (CMFC) a appris du décès de Dr Ian McWhinney, le 28 septembre 2012.

October, 2012

First onboard and seated on the aisle, I watched my fellow passengers ... I was struck by how many of them limped, used walking devices, lugged oxygen tanks, or had skin conditions. Then it came to me – we were headed to Rochester, Minnesota, home of the Mayo Clinic.