Newsletter: December 2015

Ian McWhinney was a family doctor from the UK who moved to Canada in 1967 to establish the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in Ontario. Ian influenced the careers and the attitudes of family doctors in many parts of the world.

Ian McWhinney influyó en las carreras y las actitudes de los médicos de familia en muchas partes del mundo, y fue uno de los líderes pioneros del desarrollo de la base académica de nuestra disciplina profesional. Ian murió en 2012 a la edad de 85 años.

Ian McWhinney a influencé les carrières et les attitudes des médecins de famille dans beaucoup de régions du monde, et il fut l'un des pionniers du développement de la base universitaire de notre discipline professionnelle.

This month the WONCA CEO reflects on two WHO meetings that he has been to recently (on cardiovascular disease and ageing & health respectively) as well as next year's WONCA conferences. Finally, at the end of the year, seasons greetings are extended to all colleagues

At the recent conference of AFPI (Academy of Family Physicians of India) Ramnik and Jyoti were awarded the first AFPI Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their enormous contribution to family medicine development in the South Asia Region

Our aims in creating this ePDF, through using actual case studies in peer-to-peer social media usage, were to empower family doctors, GP trainees and medical students, enabling them to make good use of social media, and to develop professional social media strategies that support the maintenance of a healthy work/life balance

Le président de WONCA et le président de WONCA Europe ont tous deux adressé des messages de condoléances concernant les attentats dévastateurs de Paris à nos collègues en France au nom de la famille WONCA.

WONCA President, Michael Kidd and WONCA Europe President, Prof Job FM Metsemakers have sent messages of condolence to our colleagues in France on behalf of the greater WONCA family.

This month the WONCA CEO reflects on two WHO meetings that he has been to recently (on cardiovascular disease and ageing & health respectively) as well as next year's WONCA conferences. Finally, at the end of the year, seasons greetings are extended to all colleagues

With less than two weeks away from the climate change negotiations in Paris (COP-21), please take a moment, if you haven’t done so, and sign the WHO Call to Action on health and climate change

The WONCA South Asia Region conference organisers are planning an exciting conference in Colombo from 12 to 14 February, 2016.

Many GPs are already looking very much forward to the WONCA Europe Conference in June 2016 in Copenhagen. We have already received a promisingly high number of abstract submissions and we hope you are considering submitting your abstract to the congress

The scientific committee of 3rd WONCA East Mediterranean Region Family Medicine Congress 2016 invites presenters worldwide to submit abstracts to be presented as an oral or poster presentation

URGENT NOTICE: Abstracts for workshops, panels and symposia for the WONCA World conference coming to Rio next year close on February 1.

Uno de los aspectos más desgarradores de las fotos de los refugiados es el hecho de ver a niños pequeños arrastrándose a través de los desiertos, empujados a los botes o a través de las líneas de control policial. Cualquier familia puede ser víctima de una tragedia, pero los niños de las familias más humildes siempre tienen un mayor número de factores en contra.

One of the most heart wrenching aspects of the photos of refugees is the sight of small children trailing across deserts, being dragged into boats, or through police lines. Any family can be the victim of a tragedy, but the odds are stacked against children from lower income families.

A one-day workshop on Research in Primary Health Care was organised by a joint collaboration between the European General Practice Research Network and the Vasco da Gama Movement during the VdGM preconference in Istanbul

Dr Jens Holst, from Germany is this month's Rural Round-up author. He writes about a new elective, undergraduate rural practice course at the University of Magdeburg.

The WONCA South Asia Region conference organisers are planning an exciting conference in Colombo from 12 to 14 February, 2016.

Many GPs are already looking very much forward to the WONCA Europe Conference in June 2016 in Copenhagen. We have already received a promisingly high number of abstract submissions and we hope you are considering submitting your abstract to the congress

The scientific committee of 3rd WONCA East Mediterranean Region Family Medicine Congress 2016 invites presenters worldwide to submit abstracts to be presented as an oral or poster presentation

La Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria (semFYC) participó en la Asamblea y en el Congreso anuales celebrado en Estambul de WONCA Europa como miembro de las 45 organizaciones representadas por WONCA en toda Europa.

El pasado 29 de mayo de 2015 tuvieron lugar las VIII Jornadas de Seguridad del Paciente en Atención Primaria en el aulario docente del Hospital de Cruces en Baracaldo (Bilbao. España)

The eighth annual conference on patient safety in primary care took place on May 29, 2015 in Cruces Hospital in Baracaldo, Bilbao (Spain).

At the Annual Meeting of Members (AMM) of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), members voted to approve a new governance structure for the College that will see a transition to a smaller skills-based Board of Directors.

Goodfellow Gems are chosen by the Goodfellow Unit director Dr Bruce Arroll to be either practice changing or practice maintaining. The information is educational and not clinical advice. PEARLS are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group and are meant for educational use and not to guide clinical care.

Our aims in creating this ePDF, through using actual case studies in peer-to-peer social media usage, were to empower family doctors, GP trainees and medical students, enabling them to make good use of social media, and to develop professional social media strategies that support the maintenance of a healthy work/life balance