WONCA Europe Newsletter
May 2025
Editor's Preface
We are excited to bring you the May edition of our newsletter.
You may find out about our Networks’, SIGs’, Working Parties’ and Organisations in Collaboration’ activities, including, 100th EGPRN meeting, 66th EQUIP conference, EYFDM’s News and Opportunities! and IPCRG’s newsletter
As usual, our newsletter contains a summary of WONCA Europe (WE) Executive Board monthly meeting and other activities
In addition, we feature an article about WHO Symposium in Copenhagen that tackled Crisis in Health Workforce: Addressing Sustainability, Technology, and Workforce Shortages.
Furthermore, we are delighted to announce the European Alcohol Health Alliance launch during EASL 2025 Conference.
Moreover, please do not miss next EURIPA webinar Consultations – Enhancing Safety in Remote Consulting on May 28th with Prof Trish Greenhalgh and Dr Rebecca Payne
Please keep updated visiting our web page and follow us on our X (@WoncaEurope), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Bluesky accounts.
On behalf of WONCA Europe Executive Board
Thomas Frese, President-elect
Jose M Bueno, EQuiP Member-at-large
WONCA Europe Newsletter Editors
President’s Corner
Dear Colleagues,
A few days ago, I returned from the 100th (one hundred) conference and anniversary of the European General Practice Research Network, the EGPRN. It was an opportunity to review what we achieved in a group established before WONCA, meetings that I have attended for almost 20 years. But the EGPRN is not alone. All the other Networks and Special Interest Groups of WONCA Europe are active and productive, strengthening family medicine in Europe.
This month we celebrated World Family Doctors' Day, and this year under the theme of "Building mental resilience in a changing world". Family doctors are uniquely positioned to promote mental wellness because they emphasize long-term relationships, continuity of care, and person-centered and patient-centered approaches. Our resilience as healthcare providers is no less critical than the resilience of our patients, it is therefore essential for us to also maintain our mental resilience.
Preparations for hosting the World Conference 2025 in Lisbon are progressing, and we have received a record number of abstracts for lectures and workshops. The scientific committee is currently working on building a program that will be interesting, diverse, and up-to-date.
Happy Family Doctors Day, and see you in Lisbon
Sincerely,
Prof. Shlomo Vinker
President of WONCA Europe
News
“Telehealth: Its Benefits, Quality, and Safety”. 100th EGPRN ConferenceFrom May 8–11, 2025, the city of Gothenburg (Sweden) hosted the 100th conference of the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) – Europe’s largest research network in primary care. The theme “Telehealth: Its... |
Summary of WONCA Europe Executive Board virtual Meeting 05/05/2025President Shlomo Vinker reported on the WONCA World EB meeting in Busan, South Korea. WONCA Europe remains financially stable, and discussions are ongoing regarding the expansion of project investments. The EJGP editorial board... |
Building Bridges Between Meetings: How EGPRN’s Online Workshops Strengthen Community and Research CapacityTo keep the spirit of collaboration and learning alive between its biannual conferences, the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) introduced a series of online workshops. What started as a simple idea has grown into a dynamic... |
“The impact of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Family Medicine” 66th EQuiP ConferenceThe 66th EQuiP Conference #EQUIPLinz with the theme “Towards Health for all. Synergies between Public Health and Primary Care” took place between 08th-10th/05/25 hosted by the Faculty of Medicine at Johannes Keppler... |
WE at the European Alcohol Health Alliance launch during EASL 2025 Conference.Jose M Bueno, WONCA Europe (WE) Executive Board member-at-large, represented WE at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) 2025 Conference that was held in Amsterdam 7-10th May, which offered a series of high-level... |
EYFDM News and Opportunities! May 2025APPLICA... |
WHO Symposium in Copenhagen tackles Crisis in Health Workforce: Addressing Sustainability, Technology, and Workforce ShortagesThe World Health Organization (WHO) Symposium on Sustainable Health and Care Delivery Transformation: Modelling and Optimizing the Health and Care Workforce: Looking to the Future brought together health leaders, experts, and policymakers to... |
IPCRG's April 2025 newsletter is out !IPCRG 8th Scientific Meeting - thank you! Seventy-seven abstracts were presented either in oral presentations, conversation cafés or a new format, creative enquiry presentations, covering a wide... |
Upcoming Events
 EURIPA Webinar: Digital Consultations – Enhancing Safety in Remote Consulting 28 May 2025, Virtual |
 EGPRN Online Workshop: How to understand cohort and case-control study research 29 May 2025, Virtual |
 CaReMeLO 2025: The Future of Integrated Care Begins Here 30-31 May 2025, Warsaw/Poland & Online |
 14th EURIPA Rural Health Forum 26-28 June 2025, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
 Pharmacological Advances & Case-Based Insights in Obesity Care for PCPs – 2025 Updates 30 June 2025, Webinar |
 WONCA World Conference 2025 17-21 September 2025, Lisbon, Portugal |
 101st EGPRN Meeting 16-19 October 2025, Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
 7th EURACT Assessment Course for Trainers in Family Medicine, Thessaloniki / Greece 5-7 November 2025, |
 10th EYFDM Forum 2026 30-31 January 2026, Tallinn, Estonia |
 4th EURACT Medical Education Conference 23-25 April 2026, Iasi, Romania |
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