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Join the Wonca Family
There are three types of Wonca
membership for organizations wishing to join as a member: Full
Membership, Associate Membership, and Organization in Collaborative
Relations. The type of membership and fees payable would be determined
by the nature of your organization and whether it fulfils the criteria
for Wonca membership.
As Wonca is a single organization, your
Association would simultaneously join "Wonca World and Wonca Europe".
In brief, the types of membership and fees payable are as follows:
Wonca Full Membership
entitles the organization to all the privileges of Wonca including
voting at its World Council meetings and election of its members to the
position of 'Officer of Wonca'.
A "full member" is one who pays the regular
membership subscriptions to your organization, but excludes those who
pay less than half of the regular subscription.
Wonca Associate Membership
entitles the organization to all the privileges of Wonca, but not voting
at its World Council meetings and election of its members to the
position of 'Officer of Wonca'.
To calculate the amount of fees payable in either category, you would
multiply the number of full members by the US$ amount per full member.
Click
here
for the application form for the above categories
Organization in Collaborative
Relations entitles the organization to have
observer status only at Wonca World Council Meetings. No fees are
payable for this category of membership.
Click
here
for application form for the above category
Please submit the following documents by email to Dr Alfred Loh, CEO of
Wonca, at the Wonca Secretariat
admin@wonca.com.sg
and also to
Dr Iona Heath
iona.heath22@yahoo.co.uk
who is the Chair of the Wonca Membership
Committee. He and his committee members will consider your application:
1. Completed and signed application form.
2. Bylaws or Constitution of the Society (in English).
3. The Society's membership list including names and the number of
members and information such as the percentage of the different
categories of members eg, family doctors, specialists, academics, if
applicable.
4. Financial status of the Society, eg, how the society is funded and
whether the society is in good financial health. This information will
be treated in strict confidence and will be used for application
purposes only.
5. Accompanying application fee in US Dollars, equivalent to one year of
membership. This can be paid by Visa or Mastercard, by bank cheque drawn
on a US bank and made payabale to "WONCA INTERNATIONAL INC" for the
appropriate US Dollar amount, or by direct bank transfer to Wonca's
bank. Please email the Wonca Secretariat
admin@wonca.com.sg for Wonca's banking details if you wish to pay
by bank transfer.
6. Any other information that you think would be useful in assisting
your future application.
Become a Direct Member!
When Wonca first began, there were family doctors
who expressed a desire to belong to Wonca individually, although they
were already indirect members through their national college or academy.
So the category of Individual Direct Membership was created, which
enables family doctors to associate directly with Wonca. Its popularity
has surpassed all expectations; there are now over 1,500 Direct Members
in over 80 countries.
You can become a Direct Member by paying a modest subscription. For
the Application Form,
click here for a Microsoft Word document or
click here for an Adobe Acrobat PDF version. You will receive an
attractive Certificate of Membership suitable for framing, a lapel pin
which displays the Wonca logo, 6 issues yearly of Wonca's Newsletter,
Wonca News,
substantial discounts in registration fees at Wonca conferences,
discounts on Wonca publications and journals, a CD Directory of Members
sent to you annually, and Wonca corporate gifts at special prices. Some
Direct Members have asked to be listed on the Online Directory below.
The Directory has proved to be a great source of information about
family doctors around the world, their special interests, and how to
contact them. This rapidly growing international network has become a
strong interactive fellowship of doctors with a common interest in
general practice/family medicine and all its variants.
Recognition at Wonca conferences
At Wonca World and Regional
Conferences, you will receive special recognition as a Direct Member of
Wonca, and in many instances, reduced registration fees.
Additional benefits for Direct
Members in Europe
If you are a doctor in Europe,
when you become a Direct Member of Wonca, you also become a member of
Wonca Europe - European Society of General Practice/Family Medicine (ESGP/FM).
Direct Members in Europe enjoy these
additional regional benefits:
- Reduced subscription rates to the following journals:
-
European Journal of General Practice
- British
Medical Journal
- Quality
in Health Care
- The
Journal of Family Practice
-
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
-
Education for General Practice
- Medical
Education
- To be
charged the reduced rates you send the journals a copy of your
membership certificate or the receipt of payment of Direct
Member dues.
- A 50% reduction in membership fees in one of the three network
organizations in Europe:
- The
European General Practice Research Workshop (EGPRN)
- The
European Academy of General Practice Teachers (EURACT)
- The
European Working Party on Quality assurance (EQuiP)
- Reduced registration fees at future conferences.
- Regular mailing of an updated list of European conferences/meetings
of interest to general practitioners.
- You will be on the list for special ad hoc mailings from
WONCA Region Europe - European Society of General Practice/Family
Medicine and the three network organizations.
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