Working Party News
Database of "Rural Miscellany" by John Wynn-Jones
July, 2020
Dr John Wynn-Jones, Immediate Past Chair WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice has been writing a regular “rural miscellany” email since March. This has been to provide resources on COVID-19 but also to give us a touch of poetry as a diversion in these difficult times. His body of work is now available on one website for your enjoyment.
News from WP on Mental Health
June, 2020
Prof Chris Dowrick, Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, writes on some resources in the time of COVID-19 in his latest newsletter to colleagues.
Book review: How to do Primary Care Research
June, 2020
WONCA's Working Party on Research through Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Bob Mash have produced a book on "How to do Primary Care Research". A review of this book has been published and can be found online.
International PHC and COVID-19 Study
June, 2020
This multinational survey aimed to understand characteristics and strategies employed by different countries to deal with COVID-19 from a PHC perspective to determine: factors most associated with national mortality rates during the pandemic period to date, and lessons to better address both current and future pandemics
Education for Primary Care feature free access article
June, 2020
Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes on the latest open access item in Education for Primary Care: from Felicity Goodyear-Smith "Provision of e-learning programmes to replace undergraduate medical students’ clinical general practice attachments during COVID-19 stand-down"
WONCA and assessment of digital health
April, 2020
No method to evaluate digital health solutions through the eyes of family doctors existed and therefore WONCA, supported by its Working Party on eHealth, decided to develop a dedicated assessment framework. This framework includes 11 domains of evaluation: ranging from user aspects to healthcare system and ethical matters.