WONCA News

April, 2019

En cada reunión del Consejo Mundial de la WONCA elegimos a un nuevo Ejecutivo para hacerse cargo del trabajo de la organización para el próximo periodo. Históricamente, este mandato ha sido de tres años, hasta que, en 2013, el Consejo votó reducir el mandato y que fuera de dos años.

April, 2019

Existe una opinión que defiende que podemos mantener la mayor parte de nuestras reuniones de trabajo utilizando APPS como por ejemplo Skype, Go-To-Meeting o ZOOM. Es muy útil, sin duda, tener la posibilidad de vernos con otros colegas y observar sus expresiones durante un debate. Hay diversos argumentos de peso que defienden que este tipo de reuniones son coste-efectivas en términos de tiempo,

April, 2019

​WONCA主席 李国栋医生 ​不少人认为，我们可使用各式各样的应用程序，例如skype、go-to-meeting以及zoon等，来进行大部份的工作会议。视讯会议让我们在进行讨论时作实时的观察与交流，有助沟通。 亦有意见认为，网络会议省时便利，各人可随意加入讨论，减少对工作日程的影响。 还有一种观点指出，减少出行可降低航空、 火车和汽车旅程的碳足迹 ，无疑是为环保作了一件功益好事。 尽管如此，我仍相信没什么较「面对面」的沟通来得更直接、更有效。

April, 2019

There is a view that says we can hold most of our business meetings using apps such as skype and go-to-meeting and zoom. It is useful to be able to see colleagues and to observe their expressions when in discussion. There is a good argument that such meetings are time-efficient, in that people can participate from wherever they are working, with minimal disruption to their working day.

April, 2019

​Assoc Prof Alan ‘Bruce’ Chater, Secretary and Chair Elect WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice write on the “Checklist for implementing rural pathways to train and support health workers in low and middle income countries (LMIC): which WHO has approved for consultation.

April, 2019

Prof Val Wass OBE, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education and WONCA World Honorary Treasurer, updates us on this month's free access offering from Education for Primary Care - our affiliated journal.

April, 2019

WONCA has been voted a Mental Health Champion by the World Dignity Project, in the academic and educational institutions category.

April, 2019

​ Jessie Mbamba, family medicine registrar from Malawi, received a Montegut global scholarship to attend the WONCA World conference, in Seoul, in 2018. The Montegut Global Scholars Program (MGSP) was established by the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) in 2010. The MGSP was established to foster international education, research and collaboration, in the specialty of family medicine.

April, 2019

Ana Nunes Barata coordinates news from the various regional groups of the Young Doctors' Movement.

April, 2019

Ana Nunes Barata coordinates news from the various regional groups of the Young Doctors' Movement.