WONCA News

September, 2017

The Patient Safety and Risk Management unit at the WHO has recently announced the roll-out of their updated patient safety website.

September, 2017

Congratulations to our President-Elect, Dr Donald Li, who has been awarded the Silver Magnolia Award by the City of Shanghai, in recognition of his work in promoting and enhancing general practice in the city.

September, 2017

Prof Val Wass OBE, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Education (WWPE) provide the Annual Report of the working party for July 2016 to June 2017. “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

September, 2017

Prof Felicity Goodyear-Smith, chair of WONCA Working Party on Research provides the working party's Annual Report July 2016 to June 2017 - The WONCA Working Party on Research (WWPR) has been increasingly active in the past year, our membership is growing and a Google discussion group has been set up.

September, 2017

Christopher Dowrick, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health (WWPMH) reports on activities in 2016-17. Since November 2016, we have made substantial progress on our three broad objectives: to improve internal structures; to offer mental health guidance for WONCA members; and to provide global leadership on primary mental health care.

September, 2017

PEARLS - Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations: These are brief (minimalistic summaries) of Cochrane Primary care systematic reviews with the answer in the title (so you only read the ones you like). Ten new PEARLS added to the website.

September, 2017

More Goodfellow GEMS are added to our website. Gems are chosen by the director of the Goodfellow Unit, New Zealand, Dr Bruce Arroll, to be either practice changing or practice maintaining.

August, 2017

Networks, opportunities and prioritisation – does enthusiasm need to be balanced with realism? - The President has been in Tanzania at both the Aga Khan University and meeting with the International Federation of Medical Student Associations.

August, 2017

Réseaux, opportunités et priorisation -faut-il modérer l’enthousiasme d’un peu de réalisme?

August, 2017

Redes de trabajo, oportunidades y priorización – ¿es necesario encontrar un punto de equilibrio entre entusiasmo y realismo?