WONCA News

December, 2014

Me quedé impresionado al saber que los médicos generales finlandeses no solo mantienen todos sus registros médicos en los ordenadores, sino que también tienen acceso pleno al hospital y a los registros electrónicos de otros médicos especialistas, con los resultados de radiología y patología ordenados en cualquier parte del país. Este es un logro que queda fuera del alcance de muchos otros países desarrollados

December, 2014

Dr John Wynn-Jones, Chair of WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice, sends seasons greetings and updates us on the preparations for the coming WONCA World rural health conference.

December, 2014

I was impressed to learn that Finnish general practitioners not only keep all their own medical records on computers but they also have access to full hospital and specialist electronic records and to radiology and pathology results ordered anywhere in the country. This is an achievement which remains beyond the reach of many other developed nations.

December, 2014

WONCA's response to the public consultation to inform the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health

December, 2014

EGPRN welcomes posters, oral presentations and one-slide/five minutes’ presentations on the theme of the meeting, or on any other relevant research topic. The theme of this meeting will be: “Research into new Methods and Techniques in Primary Care”.

December, 2014

These resources were added to the WONCA website in November 2014. Why not take a look at the many other resources on the WONCA website by going to the Resources homepage.

December, 2014

The Croatian Coordination of Family Physicians as the organizer of the 13th World Rural Health Conference has announced five scholarships (accommodation and registration fee) for the conference.

December, 2014

Dr Debbie Hipps is a young British doctor who recently took sabbatical leave and undertook volunteer work in primary care in remote Argentina. Read more about her experiences.

December, 2014

WONCA CEO, Dr Garth Manning has announced WONCA's first ever Annual Report covering the period July 2013 to June 2014 - produced to keep our Member Organizations, Organizations in Collaborative Relationship, Direct Members, and other interested organizations and individuals informed of the progress of WONCA, between World Council meetings.

December, 2014

Fragmentos de política de Diciembre de 2014, por Amanda Howe: Las evidencias de avances increíbles por parte de las organizaciones miembro de WONCA se equilibran a menudo con decepciones: no hay suficientes residentes de medicina familiar en la formación, hay falta de compromiso por parte de los gobiernos, problemas de reembolso financiero ....