Rural Practice

November, 2014

Tanja Pekez- Pavlisko is this month's author of rural round-up. Tanja is president of the Organising Committee of the coming WONCA World Rural Health conference being held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in April. Here she reflects on the rich history of Dubrovnik and medicine.

November, 2014

Dr John Wynn-Jones, from Wales, writes about the outputs of the previous two world rural health conferences and invites you to Dubrovnik in 2015

October, 2014

The phrase “The proof is in the pudding” became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1950s while its origins can be traced abroad and to as early the 14th century. Here in the US family physicians find themselves in times of unprecedented political, technological and social change in the midst of healthcare reform.

October, 2014

Miles Mack, Chair-elect of the RCGP Scotland writes: Scotland is by no means unusual in having difficulties in recruiting to remote and rural posts. At present there are many isolated mainland and island practices that are unable to recruit and in many places the Health Boards have been forced to employ short term locums or even take over the running of practices to ensure patients are provided with the care they need

September, 2014

The international electronic journal of Rural and Remote Health research education and practice policy has published a review by Dr John Wootton of the WONCA Rural Medical Education Guidebook.

August, 2014

This month Peter Sloane who is the newly elected chair of the Wonca Europe's movement for young doctors, the Vasco da Gama movement, writes about being a rural GP (and a young GP) in Ireland.

August, 2014

Did you miss the WONCA Rural Health conference in Gramado - abstracts are now available online. English and Portuguese

July, 2014

Prof Roger Strasser, inaugural chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice delivered the 2014 John Macleod oration at Gramado. The oration is titled "Improving the Health of Rural People through Health Workforce Policy"

June, 2014

Dr Jo Scott-Jones writes on preparing for the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice 13th WONCA World Rural Health Conference being held in Dubrovnik Croatia, in April 2015.

May, 2014

Jo Scott- Jones of New Zealand, writes this month's rural round up - and reflects on some lessons learned at Gramado.