Europe

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.

August, 2012

Spanish Family doctors had a strong presence in Vienna having submitted 228 abstracts and with 413 registrants.

August, 2012

At the recent Wonca Europe Vienna conference participants were able to meet an Austrian GP in their practice. The WONCA editor was privileged to meet Dr Erich Lemberger, a solo GP, and his practice manager, his wife Elizabeth, in their practice not far from the centre of Vienna.

July, 2012

Dr Renata Pavlov, of Croatia, writes of the questions asked at the Vasco da Gama preconference in Vienna.

July, 2012

WONCA Europe 2012 recently held in Vienna proved to be a highly successful and well run conference. There were 1058 abstracts submitted and the final programme included six key-note speeches; 72 workshops; 12 symposia; 45 sessions with 272 oral presentations; and 595 posters.

June, 2012

A recently published PhD dissertation from Icelandic general practitioner Hálfdán Pétursson may provide some answers to the long time conflict between general practitioners and cardiovascular specialists, on risk factor thresholds for primary cardiovascular prevention.

June, 2012

The Junior Researcher Award aims to promote a generation of junior GP/FM doctors who include research skills with patient care as a life time career. This award honours outstanding research proposals from trainees or junior GPs/ family physicians with up to five years working experience after graduation.

June, 2012

WONCA Europe is proud to announce Dr Miguel Román, of Spain as the winner of the WONCA Europe Award of Excellence in Health Care: The 5-Star Doctor 2012.

June, 2012

The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) 6th world conference, was held in Edinburgh, April 2012. The conference attracted over 1000 delegates from 40 countries.