WONCA News

April, 2019

There is a view that says we can hold most of our business meetings using apps such as skype and go-to-meeting and zoom. It is useful to be able to see colleagues and to observe their expressions when in discussion. There is a good argument that such meetings are time-efficient, in that people can participate from wherever they are working, with minimal disruption to their working day.

April, 2019

​Assoc Prof Alan ‘Bruce’ Chater, Secretary and Chair Elect WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice write on the “Checklist for implementing rural pathways to train and support health workers in low and middle income countries (LMIC): which WHO has approved for consultation.

April, 2019

Prof Val Wass OBE, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education and WONCA World Honorary Treasurer, updates us on this month's free access offering from Education for Primary Care - our affiliated journal.

April, 2019

WONCA has been voted a Mental Health Champion by the World Dignity Project, in the academic and educational institutions category.

April, 2019

​ Jessie Mbamba, family medicine registrar from Malawi, received a Montegut global scholarship to attend the WONCA World conference, in Seoul, in 2018. The Montegut Global Scholars Program (MGSP) was established by the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) in 2010. The MGSP was established to foster international education, research and collaboration, in the specialty of family medicine.

April, 2019

Ana Nunes Barata coordinates news from the various regional groups of the Young Doctors' Movement.

April, 2019

Ana Nunes Barata coordinates news from the various regional groups of the Young Doctors' Movement.

April, 2019

The WONCA President, Donald Li has written to Dr Jayantha Jayatissa, President, College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka:

April, 2019

Alan Abelsohn and Alice McGushin from the WONCA Working Party on the Environment report on the high level of interest in the WONCA Air Health Train the Trainer Program.

April, 2019

Dr Garth Manning, our current CEO, will be stepping down from his current role in December 2020. We are beginning the search for a successor; please read and circulate the attached advertisement widely to anyone who might be interested in applying.