Resources for Family Doctors

July, 2017

Goodfellow Gems are chosen by the Goodfellow Unit director Dr Bruce Arroll to be either practice changing or practice maintaining. The information is educational and not clinical advice. PEARLS are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group and are meant for educational use and not to guide clinical care.

December, 2016

The Technical Series on Safer Primary Care is a series of nine monographs, which explore the magnitude and nature of harm of each topic in the primary care setting, and provides potential solutions and practical next steps for improvement.

November, 2016

The WONCA Rio statement was launched By Professor Michael Kidd at the opening ceremony of the WONCA World conference held recently in Rio. He also launched the following items developed in the last triennium.

September, 2016

WONCA is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Goodfellow Unit of the University of Auckland in New Zealand. As a result we will be promoting an educational resource "GoodFellow Gems" which are produced by the Goodfellow Unit.

August, 2016

PEARLS are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group and are meant for educational use and not to guide clinical care. Next month we begin a relationship with the Goodfellow Unit of the University of Auckland which will see us promote their "Goodfellow Gems" another clinical resource.

June, 2016

Combating Stigma is a web-based course created by a partnership of organizations. it is available online free of charge.

April, 2016

WHO has just published the document “Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging: Information to support health care discussions about benefit and risk”. This document is intended to be a tool for health care providers to communicate about risks associated with paediatric imaging procedures.

March, 2016

'The Universal Doctor’ is presented an example of the power of doctors’ stories. We are seeking more stories from family doctors from around the world to contribute to a new edition on humanity, human rights and resilience.

March, 2016

The Indian Association of Occupational Health has just published a book, titled "Basic Occupational Health Service for Informal Industry: Manual for Primary Care Providers". The book is edited by well-known WONCA leader, Dr Ramnik Parekh and Dr Suvarna Moti.

March, 2016

WONCA Working Party on Research members, Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Bob Mash have edited a new book due for release in May: International Perspectives on Primary Care Research.