Category: SIG

  • EYFDM & WWPWFM Webinar – watch

    EYFDM & WWPWFM Webinar – watch

    The collaborative webinar between EYFDM and WWPWFM, “Violence against female doctors”, held on 8 Dec 2024 has been uploaded. The webinar was organised by WONCA’s Women’s Health Special Interest Group and the European Network of Young Doctors’ Movement. It was moderated by Helena Alonso (EYFDM Policy Officer) as the past chair of the Women’s Health Special Interest Group.

    Violence against women doctors is a serious and widespread problem that affects women all over the world. This webinar explores the issue from a global perspective, with speakers from Nigeria, Colombia, and the UK. The webinar discusses the prevalence of violence against women doctors, the impact of this violence on their work and well-being, and actionable solutions to create safer and more supportive medical workplaces.

    During the webinar we got to hear from several experts, including Dr. Tehzeeb Zulfiqar from Pakistan and currently at Australian National University Pakistan, Dr. Rimola Silva from Nigeria, Dr. Alejandra Leon from Colombia, and Dr. Mary Robertson from the UK. The speakers discussed the prevalence of violence against women doctors in their respective countries, the impact of this violence on their work and well-being, and strategies for prevention and response. The webinar also highlighted the importance of data collection and research to better understand the scope of the problem and develop effective interventions.

    Watch the recording of the webinar and learn more about how to address this important issue.

  • WONCA YDM & WP/SIG webinar – Violence against Female doctors

    WONCA YDM & WP/SIG webinar – Violence against Female doctors

    Coming next week, Sunday 8th December at 13:00 UTC a webinar on Violence against Female doctors organised by EYFDM and Women’s Health SIG with WONCA Working Party on Women’s and Family Medicine (WWPCWFM).

    Be sure to register here or scanning the qr code.

    Speakers:

    Dr. Tehzeeb Zulfiqar – Australian National University Pakistan //Australia, South Asia

    I am a GP from Pakistan with extensive back ground of primary health care teaching and research. I am based in Australia for now, where I am working as a Fellow in Department of applied epidemiology at the Australian National University. My clinical practice is in Pakistan. I pioneered Department of Family Medicine at the Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan and launched Regional Diploma of Family Medicine in 2020. I moved to Australian in 2021, however, I am involved in teaching and research with Family Medicine faculties at the Health Services Academy and Khyber Medical University. In Australia, I teach first and second year medical students at the ANU Medical School. Most recently, I along with Dr Hina Jawaid and Dr Humaira Khattak authored a case study on violence against female doctors in Pakistan, for a book on “Sexual harassment and abuse doctors by doctors” which is right now at the Cambridge press. It is authored by Dr Louise Stone from the ANU.

    Official ANU page is Dr Tehzeeb Zulfiqar | ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health

    Dr. Mary Robertson – EYFDM, UK, Europe; MBBS M.Sc B.Sc Hons UWI

    GP Registrar – Training in England, UK.
    Member of the Women’s Health SIG EYFDM (Special Interest Group of European Young Family Doctors Movement).
    UK Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Severn Faculty International Representative (Junior).
    WONCA EURIPA (European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association) member.

    Dr. Abimbola Silva – Family Physician, W, Nigeria, Africa

    Family Physician with Special Interest in Intimate partner violence, also a member of the WONCA SIG Family Violence.

    Dr. Alejandra León – Waynakay, Colombia, South America

    Specialist in Family Medicine at the Miraflores Hospital. Lecturer in Medicine and Family Medicine UPTC. Representative of Waynakay Latin America to the CIMF. Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the SOCMEF.

    Moderator:

    Dr. Helena Alonso – UK, Europe

    Family doctor (GP) in Cornwall, South West of Great Britain. Past chair of EYFDM Women’s health SIG and current EYFDM Policy officer. Member of WWPWFM Europe.

  • Treating the whole person, mind, body and spirit

    Treating the whole person, mind, body and spirit

    We are happy to announce a webinar on Integrative Medicine with the theme “Treating the whole person, mind, body and spirit” from experts from all over the world. This webinar, part of the WONCA YDM – WP/SIG Collaborative Webinar Series, is a partnership between the Spice Route (South Asia Young Doctor Movement) and Integrative Medicine Special Interest Group.

    Date and time: 28th July at 1-2.30pm UTC

    Registration Link here.

    Spanish and Mandarin translations available.

  • Planetary Health Repository

    Planetary Health Repository

    The Planetary Health SIG developed a repository to serve as a central hub for valuable resources and information on planetary health. Designed for individuals, researchers, and organizations interested in understanding and improving planetary health. The repository covers a wide range of topics, provides insights and solutions for addressing environmental challenges in healthcare. By exploring these resources, you can gain a deeper understanding of the connection between human health and the health of the planet. The repository encourages individuals and policymakers to use the information to drive positive change towards a healthier planet for present and future generations.

    Our Planetary Health SIG has been collecting heaps of documents, links and literature on this subject of ever growing importance. And formed the Planetary Health Repository.

    Oisín Brady-Bates, Planetary Health SIG

    The aim of the repository is to organise the existing resources relating to planetary health that are pertinent to general practice (and indeed any other interested parties). We hope that this repository will provide you with the resources to develop and advocate for planetary health in your own practice.

    We would like to keep developing this repository based on feedback. To this end we have also developed a survey to record feedback, a link to the survey is here.

    We would be very grateful if you would be happy to disseminate both our repository and the survey within your networks so that it can continue to develop and grow. 

    Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Best,

    Oisín
    Planetary Health SIG

    Post originally posted July 28th 2023 and expanded November 26 2023.

  • Plant Based Eating Webinar – Planetary Health SIG

    Plant Based Eating Webinar – Planetary Health SIG

    Join a webinar organized by Planetary Health SIG on 4th December! It is a collaboration with Plant Based Health Professionals UK and will involve a talk on plant based eating and then a cooking demonstration that everyone can join in for. 

    Speakers:

    Dr Shireen Kassam – MBBS, FRCPATH, PHD, DipIBLM
    Founder and Director of Plant Based Health Professionals UK

    Dr Hayley Tait – MB,ChB, MRCS, MRCGP
    Core team member of Plant Based Health Professionals UK
    @health_on_the_hob

    Find out all the details and the recipe for tasting Mexican fajitas below.

    If you’d like to attend, you can use this link to join, or login via Zoom using the following event ID and password:
    Meeting ID: 869 1593 1978
    Passcode: 062451

    Read more about Plant Based Health Professionals UK on Facebook, Instagram and X, and follow the main speaker on Instagram.

  • Hot topics in EM for FM – webinar video

    Review the 7th collaborative webinar on the WONCA YDM – WP/SIG series and review the highlights that included EM US, Aggressive/Difficult patient and Primary Care Emergency Room.

    Share this great knowledge with friends and colleagues!

    Join WONCA Special Interest Group on Emergency Medicine: