Newsletter: May 2014

"Cualquier paciente con cualquier problema, en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar". Quiero rendir homenaje a nuestro Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Práctica Clínica Rural de WONCA, que durante los últimos 22 años ha sido un gran defensor, además de muy eficaz, de dar formación y apoyo a un número suficiente de médicos de familia rurales cualificados, para poder satisfacer las necesidades de salud de las personas que viven en zonas rurales de todos los países del mundo.

“Any patient with any problem, anytime and anywhere” - I pay tribute to our WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice, which, for the past 22 years, has been such a strong and effective advocate for training and supporting sufficient numbers of skilled rural family doctors to meet the health care needs of the people living in rural areas in all nations of the world.

The WONCA CEO reflects on two conferences in South America, the Quito Declaration, and the upcoming World Family Doctor Day and the Asia Pacific conference coming soon in Kuching.

This year we want to encourage even more organizations to celebrate in appropriate style on 19th May. We would love Member Organisations to tell us in advance of their plans – so that we can promote at least some in WONCA News

Well known Swiss family doctor, Dr Bruno Kissling is this month's featured doctor. His work as a family doctor was recently filmed in one of three documentaries made by Dr Sylviane Gindrat about the working life of six Swiss family doctors - "At the Doctor's Side"

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice Award for Outstanding Service to Rural Practice presented to Dr Bruce Chater, of Queensland, Australia, at the WONCA World Rural Health Conference, Gramado, Brazil, April 2014

Earlier this year, the first Vasco da Gama Movement Forum, gave trainee and new Family Doctors an opportunity to meet and participate in workshops, present posters, hear a variety of speakers and generally exchange views and experiences on being a Family Doctor. One such session was the World Café workshop on the subject of 'Global Health'.

La aplicación de las definiciones de la medicina de familia: lecciones de las regiones, las zonas rurales y los residentes

Amanda Howe has recently been in South America - the debates between us, the formulation of policy statements based on the meetings, and the experiences and concerns of younger doctors frequently centred on questions about how we define our discipline, and ensure its unique characteristics are recognised by others.

Existe un amplio apoyo internacional para el establecimiento de una cobertura universal de salud, con frecuentes referencias a la función esencial de la atención primaria de salud y con el fin de lograr este objetivo. Sin embargo, ¿qué significa realmente la atención primaria de salud? ¿Es lo mismo que la atención primaria? ¿Dónde encaja la medicina de familia?

John Wynn- Jones reports on the 12th World Rural Health Conference, held recently in Gramado, Brazil

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice Award for Outstanding Service to Rural Practice presented to Dr Bruce Chater, of Queensland, Australia, at the WONCA World Rural Health Conference, Gramado, Brazil, April 2014

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice launches its "Rural Medical Education Guidebook" in Gramado, Brazil on Saturday April 5.

Em 12 de abril, em Quito, Equador, foi concluída a V Cúpula Ibero-Americana de Medicina de Família após dois dias de um trabalho intenso e produtivo, incluindo o intercâmbio de experiências e atividades participativas.

El 12 de abril, en Quito, Ecuador, la V Cumbre Iberoamericana de Medicina Familiar se ha concluida después de dos días de un trabajo intenso y productivo, incluyendo el intercambio de experiencias y actividades participativas.

A report by WONCA Iberoamericana president, Dr Inez Padula, on the the V Iberoamerican Summit of Family Medicine held in Quito, Ecuador and the resultant "Carta de Quito" - Quito Declaration.

WONCA has been informed that a recently published handbook, “Mental Health Care in Settings Where Mental Health Resources are Limited” by Pamela Smith MD, is able to be made available to family doctors electronically.

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice launches its "Rural Medical Education Guidebook" in Gramado, Brazil on Saturday April 5.

This year we want to encourage even more organizations to celebrate in appropriate style on 19th May. We would love Member Organisations to tell us in advance of their plans – so that we can promote at least some in WONCA News