Conference News and Reports

August, 2015

"Family Doctors with heads and hearts". This is the thought-provoking theme of our 2016 WONCA Europe Conference being held in Copenhagen next June. How do we combine our scientific knowledge with the tender, loving care that is a distinguishing feature of our work as family doctors

July, 2015

The VdGM Pre-Conference 2015 will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, between 21-22 October 2015 immediately preceding the WONCA Europe conference.

July, 2015

Prof Antoinette Perera, President of the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka is interviewed by the WONCA Editor about her hopes for the conference. Antoinette is also a WONCA Featured doctor this month.

June, 2015

Nagwa Nashat Hegazy was a Montegut Scholar attending the recent WONCA East Mediterranean region congress was held from 30 April to 2 May 2015 in Dubai city in the UAE. This edited report written by Nagwa is reproduced with the permission of the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) who provide the scholarship.

June, 2015

A great conference leaves an impression that lasts, a great health conference creates something new that impacts on patient outcomes. On this measure, Dubrovnik was a great conference. Jo Scott-Jones reports.

June, 2015

Would you like to extend your travel to Turkey before the WONCA Europe conference in October? Primary health care visits have been announced as well as an extension to Early bird registration and BRITE submission deadlines.

June, 2015

Newsletter for WONCA Europe 2016 in Copenhagen

May, 2015

WONCA East Mediterranean region met in Dubai from 30 April to 2 May. The conference organisers now have a wonderful selection of photos online as well as presentations available.

May, 2015

An abridged letter from Prof Gabby Ivbijaro on the outcomes of the recent conference held in Lille France 28-30 April 2015 where WONCA was represented by Job Metsemakers, Nabil Kurashi and Luis Galvez.

May, 2015

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice met over two days before the beginning of the WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Dubrovnik in April 2015. People from all over the world, movers and shakers in rural health education, research and in health service provision, many jobbing doctors, trainees and students took part in two meetings