Working Party News
September 17 - Global Patient Safety Day
September, 2019
We encourage all family doctors in the world to celebrate together on September 17, 2019, World Patient Safety Day. We all take part to build a safer health system.
Walk into the Rattlesnake Pit - WONCA Rural in Albuquerque
August, 2019
The WONCA World Rural health conference comes to Albuquerque in October. Please consider taking up our invitation to present your passion at the “Rattlesnake Pit” session on the Assembly Day of the World Rural Health Conference in Albuquerque, October 12th.
Island Generalist Medicine Symposium
August, 2019
Manabu Saito, Director of the Rural Generalist Program in Japan, writes on a symposium held at WONCA Kyoto 2019 (in conjunction with the Japan Primary Care Association).
Scholarships for WONCA Rural conference
July, 2019
Scholarships are now available to help offset the cost of attendance for the 16th WONCA World Rural Health Conference Oct. 12-15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.
Improving care of patients with depression and anxiety at WONCA Kyoto
July, 2019
Shelly B Rodrigues, Deputy Executive Vice President, California Academy of Family Physicians and Chris Larrison, Principal, Healthcare Performance Consulting Inc, report on workshops at the recent WONCA Asia Pacific region conference in Kyoto on improving care of patients with depression and anxiety.
Working Party on Women and Family Medicine meet in Africa
July, 2019
The WONCA Working Party on Women and Family medicine (WWPWFM) is active in the WONCA Africa region and has participated and organized preconference meetings, and workshops since 2009. WWPWFM Africa region also provide leadership and mentorship in the region through her members who are on the executive board of the WONCA Africa Region.
Mental Health Matters - regional updates
June, 2019
Prof Chris Dowrick, Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health reports on lots of news for you this month across the regions, and from our task groups.
Desde mi punto de vista... junio 2019
June, 2019
Este mes, pregunté a la Profesora Val Wass, como docente de renombre a nivel mundial y como miembro de la WONCA y Tesorera Honoraria, para darle puntos de vista acerca de cómo la educación de los estudiantes de medicina necesita adaptarse al cambiante entorno sanitario.