Newsletter: April 2018

He estado en dos congresos regionales – el de la Región del Mediterráneo Este, en Kuwait, y en la cumbre y el congreso de IberoAmérica, en Colombia – y también he visitado Algeria para asistir a la cumbre de alto nivel organizada por parte de la organización local miembro de WONCA. En Kuwait City, visitié la clínica Al-Yamouk,

J’ai assisté à deux conférences régionales -le congrès de la région Méditerranée orientale au Koweït, le sommet ibero-americain et la conférence en Colombie- je me suis aussi rendue en Algérie pour assister à un sommet de haut niveau organisé par l’organisation membre du pays. A Koweït-city, j’ai visité la clinique Al-Yamouk

I have been to two regional conferences – the East Mediterranean Region congress, in Kuwait, and the IberoAmericana cumbre and conference, in Columbia - as well as visiting Algeria to attend a high level summit organised by the local member organisation. In Kuwait City, I visited the Al-Yamouk Clinic

This month, the CEO reminds everyone of the arrangements and timetable for Seoul, and encourages everyone to make their travel plans for an excellent event in a fascinating city. There are multiple events before a WONCA World conference - WONCA Executive, WONCA Regional Councils, WONCA World Council, WONCA Working Party meetings, Special Interest Groups meetings, Young Doctors' preconference. The culmination is the WONCA World conference.

Rob Dijkstra, President of the Dutch College of General Practitioners (NHG) has recently been interviewed by Pere Vilanova from the Spanish Society of GPs (semFYC). “We can help patients to make right decisions by empowering them, I believe then it’s when we are really helping society”

Professor Amanda Howe, President of WONCA was invited to Algeria, in February 2018, by the Société Algérienne de Médecine Générale. This is the shortened English version of her very interesting keynote speech about ‘Family Medicine in the World’. Le version français est aussi disponible.

This week all WONCA Member Organizations were sent this statement on the situation in Eastern Ghouta.

This month, the CEO reminds everyone of the arrangements and timetable for Seoul, and encourages everyone to make their travel plans for an excellent event in a fascinating city. There are multiple events before a WONCA World conference - WONCA Executive, WONCA Regional Councils, WONCA World Council, WONCA Working Party meetings, Special Interest Groups meetings, Young Doctors' preconference. The culmination is the WONCA World conference.

Prof Young Sik Kim, who is this month’s featured doctor says a few words about the coming WONCA 2018 World conference. Early bird registration ends March 31, but you can still get a bonus transport card.

En este momento, el gran debate en la Organización Mundial de la Salud gira entorno a la Cobertura Sanitaria Universal – aunque debemos añadir qué es lo que esperamos que esto signifique a nivel práctico. Entre las dimensiones de la universalidad debemos considerar:

​Dr Veronika Rasic is a GP trainee and co-chair of Rural Seeds, a group of young doctors and medical students with an interest in rural practice. Veronica recently authored a blog entry on the Transformative Education for Health Professionals. The subject of the blog entry is “Connecting Future Rural Healthcare Workers with Rural Communities”

La Doctora María-Pilar Astier-Peña, presidenta del Grupo de Trabajo de WONCA World de Calidad y Seguridad WONCA Working Party on Quality and Safety participó en una reunión de expertos sobre “acción temprana para apoyar la implementación del tercer reto mundial de seguridad del paciente de la Organización Mundial de la Salud” “Medicación Sin Daño” (#MWH Pride).

Val Wass chair of the WONCA Working Party on Education announces that this months free access article from Education for Primary care is about placements in the community for undergraduate education influencing career choice.

The Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award (TFMRA) was established by the Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine in 2008. It will support three junior family physicians to attend the WONCA World Conference and applications are welcome from all WONCA regions.