WONCA launched the first COVID-19 webinar on 12 April at 1pm UTC with the participation of the WONCA President, President elect and representatives from all seven WONCA regions. Subsequent webinars will usually be held every Sunday at 1pm UTC.
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This video is the first WONCA webinar on COVID-19 launched on 12 April 2020. In this session, the WONCA President, Dr Donald Li, the President elect, Dr Anna Stavdal, the executive committee and representatives from all seven WONCA regions presented key experiences and participated in a panel discussion.
This week’s WONCA webinar will take place as usual at 1300 GMT/UTC on Sunday 10th May. This week’s topic is PHC-UHC. It will be moderated by our President-elect, Dr Anna Stavdal, with a prestigious panel including:
Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Director of NCD Department at WHO HQ
Dr Ed Kelley, Director of Integrated Health Services at WHO HQ
Dr Vivi Martinez Bianchi, WONCA’s WHO Liaison
In the second WONCA COVID-19 webinar on Sunday 19 April, we focused on mental health aspects of the pandemic. The session considered how COVID-19 affects everyone’s wellbeing, how patients with pre-existing mental illness are at particular risk, and how we, family doctors, can safeguard the mental health of our patients, and ourselves.
The webinar was organized by WONCA and the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, with the contributions of: Prof Christopher Dowrick, Adj/Prof Sandra Fortes, Prof Christos Lionis and Dr Fahmy Hanna (WHO). It was introduced by WONCA President, Dr Donald Li, and moderated by WONCA CEO, Dr Garth Manning. The in-meeting discussion was led by WONCA President elect, Dr Anna Stavdal.
In the third WONCA COVID-19 webinar on Sunday 26 April, we focused on the adaption of education during a pandemic; how medical schools can evolve to deliver in a virtual context; how to adapt postgraduate training and the assessment; and how the diverse CPD needs can be addressed globally on-line.
This webinar was organised by WONCA and the WONCA Working Party on Education, with the contributions of Prof Val Wass, Dr Victor Ng, Dr Camille Gajria, Dr Gaya Gamhewage, Dr Vivianna Martinez-Bianchi and Dr Robin Ramsay. It was introduced by WONCA President, Dr Donald Li, and closing remarks were delivered by WONCA President elect, Dr Anna Stavdal.
In the fourth WONCA COVID-19 #webinar on Sunday 3 May, we focused on #FamilyViolence. Not only have some of the risk factors greatly increased by the lockdown, economic crisis, and social isolation, but also the availability of specialized services and ways of accessing them have changed significantly. The aims of the webinar were to give an overview of family violence highlighting aspects related to the pandemic and offer practical tools useful to family doctors in daily practice, as well as in the current situation.
The webinar was organised by WONCA and the WONCA Special Interest Group on Family Violence, with the contributions of: Dr Hagit Dascal-Weichhendler, Asst Prof Nena Kopčavar Guček, Prof Gene Feder, Ms Medina Johnson, Dr Leo Pas, Prof Sajaratulnisah Othman, Dr Joy Mugambi. It was introduced by WONCA President, Dr Donald Li, and in-meeting discussion was led by WONCA President elect, Dr Anna Stavdal.