Presidents' Letter - Current WONCA Europe Executive Board

Dear Colleagues

As Mehmet, your colleague, and as the  President of WONCA Europe, I can say the time in my presidency passed like a wind although a bit stronger wind than usual and shorter than a regular term. I am so proud that each of my board members always fully supported me and worked in harmony. I am happy to hand over the presidency to our very valuable and respected colleague, Prof Shlomo Vinker who has been elected by the council as the President-elect in 2019, Bratislava. With him, we have worked highly in collaboration, shared responsibility, and very properly managed the transition period. We properly made our handover in our executive board meeting on the 12th of March. The amount of work EB members have been doing is probably not easily seen from the point where you are looking but I can tell you that we achieved many goals in such a short time,  working under such a long pandemic once in a hundred years

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ungan

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For Mehmet

Mehmet became the WONCA Europe President in difficult times. His term should last for only one year. Additionally, the Covid-19 pandemic emerged which brought issues and problems no one knew before. Nevertheless, Mehmet, with his persistence and energy and optimism, managed to face the continuously evolving issues and tried to solve them, always bearing in mind the good of the organisation...

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Call from Vasco da Gama Preconference Host Organising Committee

Dear fellow young doctor, Are you a family doctor in training or did you finish your GP-training within the last 5 years? We are looking for you! Prior to the digital WONCA Europe conference this July, we host the hybrid Vasco da Gama Preconference on Monday 5th of July (full day) and Tuesday 6th of July (morning). Registration is open and already half of our live tickets are sold. Luckily, we have unlimited spots for our digital conference...

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To Members from this year’s WE2021 host The Dutch College of General Practitioners (NHG)

Dear Colleagues, The Dutch College of General Practitioners (NHG) is this year’s host of the WONCA Europe 2021 Conference. Organizing a conference in these times is quite a challenge. Still, the Host Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee are striving to present a state of the art virtual conference...

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How can EGPRN reduce the main barriers to primary care research in Europe

EGPRN Council members (Michael Harris, Thomas Frese and Tiny van Merode) developed and implemented a survey to the EGPRN’s National Representatives to find out what the main barriers to primary care research in their countries are and how EGPRN could help reduce those barriers...

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European Requirements for GP/FM - Continuous Medical Education (CME)

The European Academy of Teachers in General Practice and Family Medicine (EURACT) is the education network of WONCA Europe. The Continuing Medical Education (CME)/Continuous Professional Development (CPD) group has produced a document, following a review of the current literature, to support colleagues who are seeking to improve and develop CME programs for General Practitioners/Family Doctors (GPs/FDs)...

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VdGM Bridge Project

The Vasco da Gama Movement has started a new project: VdGM Bridge Project. It's goal is to connect young doctors to encourage dialogue among young doctors and focus on differences and similarities in work situations and personal growth. The program will be 6 months long. The project coordinators will match young doctors in groups for them to talk about a self-chosen topic they are interested in...

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