Young Doctors Movements

May, 2015

A general interest item from members of AfriWON - WONCA Africa region's movement for young doctors.

May, 2015

Recently, Polaris took advantage of the chance to collaborate in the planning, leading, and development of a Family Medicine preconforence with our international colleagues in Montevideo, Uruguay. This meeting was a collaboration between three World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) regional Young Doctor Movements (YDMs): Waynakay (Iberoamericana Region), Polaris (North America Region) and the Vasco da Gama Movement (Europe Region).

April, 2015

Young Family Medicine doctors left their mark at the 4th Iberoamerican Conference of Family and Community Medicine... The outcomes of this event were elaborated in the Waynakay Declaration.

April, 2015

Con gran entusiasmo y dinamismo se llevo a cabo la participación de los jóvenes médicos familiares en el marco del 4º Congreso Iberoamericano de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria ... durante este espacio, se elaboró colectivamente la Declaración de Waynakay;

March, 2015

A report from the World Café workshop at the 2nd Vasco da Gama Forum in Dublin, 2015: The Best and Worst of Contemporary Health Systems in Europe.

March, 2015

The WONCA Asia Pacific movement for young doctors, The Rajakumar Movement, recently met at the WONCA Asia Pacific conference in Taipei, Taiwan. See photos.

March, 2015

Kyle Hoedebecke , chair of Polaris (WONCA North American Movement for Young Doctors) has an interesting suggestion for creating one world of family medicine from one word!

March, 2015

Dr Deirdre Kelly an Irish general pracittioner in training writes on why she's proud to call herself a Vasco da Gamian after attending the recent forum in Dublin.

March, 2015

The Vasco da Gama Movement is delighted to announce Per Kallestrup as the inaugural recipient of the "Being Young Staying Young" award. Per Kallestrup has been an inspirational figure to many within VdGM, being responsible for the establishment of the VdGM Hippokrates Exchange Programme. Per is also a WONCA Featured doctor this month.

January, 2015

Title: Balint 2.0: The Application of Balint Methodology by Young Doctors Movements through a Novel International Web-based Approach