Member Organization News
New Director of the Besrour Centre
August, 2019
On behalf of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), it is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. David Ponka to the role of Director of the Besrour Centre as of September 4, 2019.
Canadian College certification exam turns 50
June, 2019
On behalf of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) we are very pleased to share with you a special milestone. June 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Certification Examination in Family Medicine and the Certification in the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CCFP) special designation.
Spanish Conference on Patient Safety in Primary Care
October, 2018
On June 22 2018, we held the conference on Patient Safety in Primary Care. For the eleventh consecutive year, primary care professionals met in the Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid to analyse, discuss and produce proposals for improvement regarding the equity and sustainability of the health system, as a first step to guarantee a safer healthcare.
Update: Family Medicine in Malawi
May, 2018
The Department of Family Medicine, at the University of Malawi College of Medicine was founded in 2011. A founding Faculty member for the department, Dr Luckson Dullie, was profiled on the WONCA website in 2013. John Parks MD is head of the Department of Family Medicine at University of Malawi College of Medicine in Malawi. Here he writes an update on Family Medicine in Malawi.
Dr Larry Green delivers the Ian McWhinney Lecture
April, 2018
The 2017 Ian McWhinney lecture by Dr Larry A. Green from the University of Colorado focused on personal doctoring. It explored whether or not people will have a personal physician anymore. The lecture has been published by Canadian Family Physician and translated into Spanish by Julio Ceitlin.
Family Medicine in Tajikistan
April, 2018
WONCA has had an application for membership from the Association of Family Medicine of Tajikistan. Dr Greta Ross tells us more about the situation in Tajikistan. In 2017, Greta joined the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation’s Medical Education Reform project (MEP) in Tajikistan.