Du Président - Novembre 2019
November, 2019
Notre exécutif et de nombreux membres sont impliqués de plusieurs façons dans le développement et l'utilisation de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) dans le cadre de leur pratique. En tant qu'organisation, nous soulignons que rien ne peut remplacer le face à face et le contact continu entre médecin de famille et patient.
Del Presidente : Noviembre 2019
November, 2019
Nuestro Ejecutivo y muchos de nuestros miembros están comprometidos de muchas formas en el desarrollo y el uso de la Inteligencia Artificial (Artificial Intelligence, AI) en relación con sus prácticas. Como organización, queremos enfatizar que no hay nada que pueda reemplazar el cara a cara y el contacto continuo entre los médicos de familia y los pacientes.
Education for Primary Care : free access article
November, 2019
Free Access is being offered for a paper in the 30:4 issue : As professional identity formation is becoming an increasingly important concept and this paper refers to three important papers on this I felt it offered an opportunity to reflect on how as GP educators we can really support our students and trainees to develop in the challenging and rapidly changing health care environment we all face
EGPRN meets in Vigo
November, 2019
The 89th EGPRN meeting took place in Vigo, Spain, between the 17th and the 20th October 2019. Find out more here.
World Mental Health Day report
October, 2019
Good mental health is related to mental and psychological well-being. Over the years, there have been increasing cases of anxiety, depression and suicides. One person dies every 40 seconds from suicide. Every suicide is a tragedy that has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. This year’s World Mental Health Day focus was on what can be done to prevent suicide.
WHO Mental Health Forum: Geneva, October 2019
October, 2019
Christopher Dowrick, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health reports on the WHO Mental Health Forum: Geneva, 14-15 October 2019: I was delighted to participate once again in this annual event, together with WONCA colleagues Gabby Ivbijaro and Abdullah Al-Khatami. It was an excellent networking and information sharing event, highlighting important developments in global mental health.
Launch of a Toolkit to help develop palliative care in primary care
October, 2019
The Toolkit was launched at the 2019 EAPC conference in Berlin. It was presented at a plenary lecture to the audience of about 3000 delegates who each received a copy. Professor Scott Murray from the University of Edinburgh presented an infographic about the Toolkit and a short video about how it might be used.