WONCA News

March, 2013

The first-ever practical guide to help UK doctors navigate their way around the ethical and confidentiality dilemmas of social media is published today by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in collaboration with Doctors.net.uk and LimeGreen Media.

March, 2013

The 10th International Symposium for the Saudi Society of Family and Community Medicine is upcoming on 19-21 March 2013.

March, 2013

The WONCA Prague World conference latest newsletter is now available

February, 2013

Un viaje reciente para hablar en una reunión celebrada en Aveiro, Portugal, me llevó 1.000 años. El tiempo de viaje real era de aproximadamente 24 horas. La reunión duró 3 días. Sin embargo, el viaje me dio la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre la vida de Vasco da Gama, que vivió hace 500 años. También me inspiró a mirar hacia el futuro 500 años más.

February, 2013

A recent trip to speak at a meeting in Aveiro, Portugal took me 1000 years. The actual travel time was about 24 hours. The meeting lasted three days. Yet, the journey gave me a chance to reflect back on the life of Vasco da Gama 500 years ago. It also inspired me to look ahead 500 years into the future.

February, 2013

Family medicine is well established in many countries but others struggle to get acceptance and recognition of our specialism, and one of WONCA’s key roles is to highlight and promote the discipline wherever and whenever we can. One of our initiatives was to establish a “World Family Doctors' Day”.

February, 2013

On February 4, 2013, Drs Murutse Atsebaha, Netsehet Worku, Assefa Alamir, Assegid Geleta and Assefa Beyene became the first family medicine residents to be trained in Ethiopia.

February, 2013

Dr Jelle Stoffers, Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of General Practice, seeks new peer reviewers for the journal.

February, 2013

Family medicine history was made at Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday February 16, 2013 with the formation of the Pakistan Family Doctors forum

February, 2013

Dr Tomlin Paul, who lives in Jamaica, but was born in Trinidad, has been awarded the WONCA North America five –star doctor award.