WONCA News

October, 2014

The Royal College of General Practitioners has just published Being a doctor: understanding medical practice, a book which explores the role of the modern doctor beyond the clinical knowledge.

October, 2014

WONCA President, Professor Michael Kidd was today honoured by his Australian peers. He received the the Rose-Hunt Award - the highest accolade awarded by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). He also delivered a memorable oration at the Academic Session of the RACGP conference

October, 2014

“Integración” se ha convertido en la palabra de moda en la agenda política de la Salud: la OMS , la Fundación King , y el Nuffield Trust tienen todos ellos grandes programas de trabajo sobre este tema y en el Reino Unido los manifiestos preelectorales de los partidos políticos están inundados de la necesidad de la atención "integrada". Pero hay muchas definiciones de modelo que se están debatiendo, y estas tienden a depender de la naturaleza del sistema de salud y el nivel de integración previsto.

October, 2014

Más de 2.500 especialistas en Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria asistieron del 12 al 14 de junio de este año al XXXIV Congreso de la semFYC. El 35% de los asistentes a esta actividad fueron residentes y jóvenes médicos de familia y comunitaria. Durante el Congreso, se ofrecieron 80 actividades científicas (sesiones clínicas, más de 25 talleres y reuniones mantenidas con los expertos...), y se presentaron 2.000 comunicaciones, de las cuales 1.350 fueron aceptadas.

October, 2014

Dinamarca es un país con un sistema envidiable de atención de salud, basado en una medicina familiar fuerte y una oferta de cobertura de salud universal. Fui invitado a visitar Dinamarca para hablar en el Congreso Anual del Colegio Danés de Médicos de Familia y tenía muchas ganas de aprender más sobre los éxitos y también los desafíos que enfrenta la práctica de la medicina de familia danesa.

October, 2014

More than 2,500 specialists in Family and Community Medicine attended the XXXIV semFYC Annual Meeting - 80 scientific activities were conducted including some international conferences as the one performed by Vasco da Gama Movement

October, 2014

Hello again from Bangkok. This month I want to concentrate on WONCA awards, WONCA conferences and WONCA resources. Two sets of awards are currently available for WONCA members. The Montegut Scholarship awards provide support for one doctor from each of the seven WONCA regions to attend their regional conference annually. The Taiwan Family Medicine Research awards are available to three young researchers, to present their research at the Asia Pacific conference in Taipei next March.

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

Amanda Howe, President-elect writes another thought-provoking policy bite: ‘Integration’ has become the latest buzzword on the health policy agenda ... But there are many definitions and models being debated, and these tend to depend on the nature of the health system and the level of integration envisaged.

September, 2014

In coming months, WONCA News will feature regular articles on the subject of Occupational Health including useful resources for clinical practice. This month we revisit the recent statement on worker’s health.