President's Messages

April, 2023

A colleague recently referred to WONCA’s young doctors as “the future of Family Medicine.” The young doctors’ irritation at what he had intended as praise surprised him. “We’re already active – today,” they objected. “We’re part of the team that’s building our profession now.”

March, 2023

We are celebrating the 50th year of WONCA`s existence at a moment of increased global uncertainty, in the wake of a pandemic that has slammed into all sectors of society, of horrific natural catastrophes, of devastating armed conflicts, some spotlighted, others overlooked…

February, 2023

It can be an eye opener to work with professionals from other disciplines. Striving to communicate how we perceive our field, our awareness of what matters to us deepens. And, what a surprise – and a gift – it can be to discover how we’re perceived

December, 2022

As a physician, I’ve always liked making house calls. They nurture the patient-doctor relationship. When meeting in the patient’s home context, we both recognize and share other aspects of ourselves. I find that the realities of my patients’ lives come more clearly into focus once I’ve met them where they live.

December, 2022

En tant que médecin, j'ai toujours aimé faire des visites à domicile. Ils définissent la relation médecin-malade. Lorsque nous nous rencontrons dans le contexte du domicile du patient, nous reconnaissons et partageons tous les deux d'autres aspects de nous-mêmes

December, 2022

Como médico, siempre me ha gustado hacer visitas a domicilio. Fomentan la relación médico-paciente. Cuando nos reunimos en el contexto del hogar del paciente, ambos reconocemos y compartimos otros aspectos de nosotros mismos

November, 2022

Medicine’s ‘gold standard’ these days is Evidence Based Medicine (EBM). Most of us agree that what’s best for our patients is treatment based solidly on scientific knowledge.

November, 2022

El "estándar de oro" de la medicina en estos días es la Medicina Basada en la Evidencia (MBE).

November, 2022

L'étalon-or de la médecine de nos jours est la médecine factuelle (EBM). La plupart d'entre nous conviennent que ce qui est le mieux pour nos patients est un traitement solidement basé sur des connaissances scientifiques.

October, 2022

In our clinical work, Family Doctors are cautious; we don’t raise an alarm until and unless there is good reason to. Experience has honed our sense of timing