Working Party News
Help in troubling times
March, 2020
Two of our Working Party chairs, Chris Dowrick and John Wynn-Jones are leading the way in encouraging colleagues to say what they are finding helpful in these troubling times dominated by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Education for Primary Care open access items
March, 2020
Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes ont he latest open access items in Education for Primary Care. We are pleased to announce that the March issue 31:2 is now on line. This issue shares global experience of primary care very much linked with WONCA. It emphasises how we learn from each other.
17th World Rural health conference to go ahead - virtually
March, 2020
Rural WONCA executive has met and decided that the conference must go on – but virtually. After much consideration, the Executive have decided that with COVID-19 spreading rapidly, it is not sensible or prudent to have a physical gathering of rural doctors in Dhaka. Doctors are needed by their rural communities now more than ever.
Education for Primary Care News
February, 2020
Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes:
We have quite a lot on offer in Education for Primary Care.
Rural Round-up: Bruce Chater on World Rural Health Conference 2020
February, 2020
We would like to welcome members of WONCA and WONCA Direct Members to our conference in Bangladesh from 15th to 18th April
This year is the 25th Anniversary of official establishment of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice. Professor Roger Strasser who wrote the WONCA policy on Training for Rural Practice, is a keynote at the conference.
Mental Health Matters: February 2020
February, 2020
Prof Christopher Dowrick, Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health writes: Fortunately, there is much for our Working Party to celebrate; including (as you will see at the end of this bulletin) the joy of making music together.
A New Partnership: WONCA and NRHA Together in 2019
February, 2020
Logan Schmaltz, NRHA Student Outreach Coordinator from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences writes on student involvement at the WONCA World Rural health conference in Albuquerque in 2019
Rural Round-up: Maria Bakola on telemedcine in Greece
January, 2020
Maria Bakola of Greece writes about telemedicine in rural and remote areas in Greece from ancient times to today... Greece, due to the geographical heterogeneity, combines mountain landscapes and lakes, as well as incredible beaches and many islands.
Rural Seeds 2019 annual summary
January, 2020
Veronica Rasic writes about the activities of the Young Doctors and medical students involved in the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice.