Europe

April, 2013

WONCA Europe Five Star Doctor 2013 is Dr Athanasios Symeonidis, of Greece.

January, 2013

Dr Rob Dijkstra appointed as President of the Dutch College of General Practitioners

December, 2012

El profesor Job FM Metsemakers aceptó amablemente ser entrevistado por la editora de WONCA, en Viena, en Julio de 2012. Es Secretario de WONCA Europa desde hace 5 años.

November, 2012

Professor Job FM Metsemakers generously agreed to be interviewed by the WONCA editor, in Vienna, in July 2012. He has been secretary of WONCA Europe for five years. This interview ended with the editor asking why WONCA colleagues might be interested in Job’s story. Job’s reply was: “After all, I am just an ordinary guy….”. But most WONCA colleagues are not ordinary, so we leave it to the reader to decide.

October, 2012

On September 13th, the Dutch College of General Practitioners organized a ceremony to mark the fact that Arno Timmermans stepped down as medical director and President. The occasion brought to an end an impressive leadership of primary care

October, 2012

WONCA Europe is calling for applications for bursaries for the WONCA World conference 2013 Prague. The bursaries will support conference registration, accommodation and travel to a maximum of $1,000 per person. The bursaries will be available worldwide in competition to any family doctor or resident in a family doctor programme, who can make a case for such a bursary and who is supported by their own College or Association.

September, 2012

The closing keynote address for the WONCA Vienna conference was replaced with a play, written and directed by Dr Carl Steylaerts of Belgium. A video of the performance is now available for online viewing. The WOnca Vienna conference site now hosts an extensive gallery of photos of the conference.

September, 2012

Dr Pavlo Kolesnyk, from Ukraine, reports on being the second European Montegut scholar. His scholarship enabled him to attend the WONCA Europe Vienna conference in July 2012.

September, 2012

At the 18th WONCA Europe Conference in Vienna Austria , held in July, the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) has shown itself once again to be one of the most active organizations among the WONCA Europe networks.

August, 2012

Dr Jelle Stoffers, editor-in-chief of the European Journal of General Practice (EJGP), gave an update, in Vienna, to the WONCA Europe Council on the journal’s progress.