Resources for Family Doctors

October, 2014

The Royal College of General Practitioners has just published Being a doctor: understanding medical practice, a book which explores the role of the modern doctor beyond the clinical knowledge.

August, 2014

In need of holiday reading? Why not look at some of the resources on WONCA’s website? It includes: A-Z topic listing; Journals of interest; PEARLS.... and more.

May, 2014

What must we do to improve and maintain the health of the world’s one billion adolescents? Health for the world’s adolescents World Health Organization (WHO) report was launched on 14th May.

May, 2014

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), UK is about to publish The Good GP Training Guide, and WONCA members are eligible for a discount.

April, 2014

WONCA has been informed that a recently published handbook, “Mental Health Care in Settings Where Mental Health Resources are Limited” by Pamela Smith MD, is able to be made available to family doctors electronically.

April, 2014

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice launches its "Rural Medical Education Guidebook" in Gramado, Brazil on Saturday April 5.

February, 2014

The mhGAP Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG), developed based on WHO recommendations, contains clinical protocols for management of priority conditions by non-specialist health care providers.

October, 2013

Pearls are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group - see this month's additions.

September, 2013

Health 2020 is a policy framework aimed at providing European politicians and policy-makers key strategic advice to support action for improving health, well-being and health equity, in a way that is sensitive to each country’s situation, political and organisational circumstances.

September, 2013

The new PAHO/WHO report, Innovative care for chronic conditions: Organizing and delivering high quality care for chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Americas, proposes an integrated Chronic Care Model for addressing NCDs in the context of primary health care