Wonca Europe Podcasts

This session of WETalk will explore the dynamic changes occurring in primary care across Europe, highlighting innovative strategies aimed at enhancing its effectiveness through continuous transformation. As well as, assessing the performance of health systems in delivering high quality primary care through the OECD’ international PaRIS survey of people living with chronic conditions.

This session was recorded on 11 April 2024.

Welcome to the recording of the webinar "Reflection on Adult and Elderly Health: Early Detection, Prevention, and Vaccination". The webinar is hosted by Dr Ferdinando Petrazzuoli. The presenters are Prof Shlomo Vinker, Prof Mehmet Ungan and Prof Thomas Frese. This webinar was recorded on 14 December 2023.

Welcome to the recording of the webinar "Beyond the prescription pad: Transforming Lives through Movement Medicine". The webinar is hosted by Dr Fraser Quin. The presenters are Associate Prof Dr Özden Gökdemir and Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi with welcome messages from Prof Dr Shlomo Vinker. This webinar was recorded on 23 November 2023.

Welcome to the recording of the webinar "Intro to Lifestyle as Medicine". The webinar is hosted by Dr Lilach Malatskey, presenters are Dr Charlotte Salter, Dr Tehila Mazal and Dr Miriam Maisel with welcome messages from Prof Dr Shlomo Vinker and Dr Fraser Quin. This webinar was recorded on 24 August 2023.

Welcome to the recording of the webinar "Prevention in the elderly: what should we know, especially on vaccinations?". The presenter is Dr Tom Axelrod and the webinar is hosted by Dr Ferdinando Petrazzuoli. This webinar was recorded on 27 July 2023.

Welcome to the recording of the webinar "From Vaccination Hesitancy to Health - Bridging the Gap". The presenter is Professor Dorit Nitzan and the webinar is hosted by Dr Ferdinando Petrazzuoli. This webinar was recorded on 24 July 2023.

Welcome to the recording of the webinar "Herpes zoster (shingles) - Why should we make the effort to prevent it, and how?". The presenter is Dr. David Shasha and the webinar is hosted by Dr Ferdinando Petrazzuoli. This webinar was recorded on 20 December 2022.

Welcome to the recording of the webinar "Vaccination in adults: challenge across European countries.". The presenter is Dr. Gindrovel Dumitra and the webinar is hosted by Dr Ferdinando Petrazzuoli. This webinar was recorded on 30 November 2022.

WONCA Europe organizes a special talk session called WETalk. This  time we are talking with our previous guest Dr. Pavlo Kolesnyk and  following up the medical situation in Ukraine.

Dr. Pavlo Kolesnyk is a well known WONCA Europe member, actively  working Family Doctor from Ukraine. With the start of the crises he has  been actively working on supporting the influx of refugees into his  region. At the same time continuing the education of his trainees.  During this WETalk he will give an update on the medical situation in  Ukraine.

WONCA Europe organizes a special talk session called WETalk. This time especially on the needs of the doctors in Ukraine. A live session with a well known member, an actively working Family Doctor who shortly and directly describe the current medical condition in Ukraine and talk  about their needs for those interested members of our MOs and our  partner organizations. 

This is a good opportunity for Ukrainian Family Doctors to be in touch  directly with you and vice versa. Our respected colleague Pavlo who has  worked with many of you as his country representative  will talk on the  needs like equipment, supply and technical support, also may provide the  reliable addresses to be reached by our members willing to send medical  aid.  

This recording is from 15 March 2022

Wonca Europe introduces "WE Talk". A short talk-show-like programme where a person of interest is interviewed.

Our fifth guest on WE Talk is Dr Sankha Randenikumara. Sankha is a young family doctor from Sri Lanka and the Chair of the Spice Route Movement (Wonca Young Doctors’ Movement of South Asia). He is a candidate to become a Wonca World Executive Committee Young Doctors’ Representative. 

Josep Villaseca is the host of this session which was recorded on 17 November 2021.

WONCA Europe introduces "WE Talk", a short talk-show-like programme where a person of interest is interviewed. Dr Mehmet Ungan will be the host of the show.

Our fourth guest is Dr. Pratyush Kumar. He is a young rural family doctor from Bihar, India. He is passionate about rural health and chairs rural health group of South Asia Wonca Rural South Asia (WoRSA), Secretary - Rural WONCA, Advisory board member - The Network-TUFH and WONCA executive member. During residency he was awarded best DNB doctor award which was first for a family medicine resident.

He founded WoRSA in 2016 during the final year of residency, organised the world rural health conference-2018 and it's Delhi declaration was endorsed by WHO and got elected the same year as WONCA executive member at large. He also participated in the WHO conference on primary healthcare which gave the Astana Declaration.

He is the founder of project HAPPY-G (Health Advice and Promotion, disease Prevention among Youth Geriatrics), Rural Health success stories, PCR forum (primary care research).

He is now a candidate to become a member-at-large of WONCA World.

This session was recorded on 15 November 2021.

Wonca Europe introduces "WE Talk". A short talk-show-like programme where a person of interest is interviewed. Dr Mehmet Ungan will be the host of the show.

Our third guest is Dr Maria Pilar Astier Peña. She is a Spanish Family and Community Medicine Specialist and a Preventive Medicine and Public Health Specialist from Spain. She belongs to Sem FYC (Spanish Society for Family and Community Medicine) and is the chair of the patient safety working party of Sem FYC. She works as a frontline family doctor in a primary health centre in Zaragoza (Spain). She is an associated professor at the Medical School, University of Zaragoza since 2005.

She is now applying to become a member at large of Wonca, with a special interest in the position of WHO liaison.

This session was recorded on 9 November 2021.

WONCA Europe introduces "WE Talk", a short talk-show-like programme  where a person of interest is interviewed. Dr Mehmet Ungan will be the  host of the show.

Our second guest is Dr Viviana Martinez - Bianchi. Viviana  Martinez-Bianchi is Associate Professor, and Director for Health Equity  in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke  University in North Carolina, US. She is a Member-at-large of the WONCA  World Executive and WONCA-WHO-Liaison since 2016, and Chair of the  Organizational Equity Committee. Viviana has represented WONCA to WHO  and the United Nations starting with the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs  in 2011. She is now one of the candidates for WONCA World President.

This session was recorded on 2 November 2021.

WONCA Europe introduces "WE Talk", a short talk-show-like programme  where a person of interest is interviewed. Dr Mehmet Ungan will be the  host of the show.

In our first talk we are talking with Dr Raman Kumar. Dr Kumar  represented all young family physicians on the executive board of the  WONCA World from 2013-2016. He continues to be on the WONCA World  Executive Committee as the regional president of WONCA South Asia. He is  now one of the candidates for WONCA World President.

This session was recorded on 28 October 2021

Listen to Prof Sadi Gulec and Prof Richard Hobbs discuss prevention, diagnosis, treatment and following Heart Failure in general practice. Recorded from a webinar held online on 5 November 2021. This session is moderated by Prof Mehmet Ungan. This is the last part of three.

Listen to Prof Sadi Gulec and Prof Richard Hobbs discuss prevention, diagnosis, treatment and following Heart Failure in general practice. Recorded from a webinar held online on 5 November 2021. This session is moderated by Prof Mehmet Ungan. This is part two of three.

Listen to Prof Sadi Gulec and Prof Richard Hobbs discuss prevention, diagnosis, treatment and following Heart Failure in general practice. Recorded from a webinar held online on 5 November 2021. This session is moderated by Prof Mehmet Ungan. This is part one of three.

Listen to Prof Paola Fioretto and Assoc Prof Bohumil Seifert discuss improving the early identification and treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease in general practice. Recorded from a webinar held online on 26 August 2021. The session is moderated by Prof Dr Thomas Frese. This is part 3 of the webinar.

Listen to Prof Paola Fioretto and Assoc Prof Bohumil Seifert discuss improving the early identification and treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease in general practice. Recorded from a webinar held online on 26 August 2021. The session is moderated by Prof Dr Thomas Frese. This is part 2 of the webinar.

Listen to Prof Paola Fioretto and Assoc Prof Bohumil Seifert discuss improving the early identification and treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease in general practice. Recorded from a webinar held online on 26 August 2021. The session is moderated by Prof Dr Thomas Frese. This is part 1 of the webinar.

Listen to Prof Chantal Mathieu and Dr. Baruch Itzhak discuss management of the Heart and the Kidney in a 60 year old patient of Dr Itzhak's with Type 2 Diabetes. Recorded from a webinar held online on 28 May 2021. The session is moderated by Prof Dr Josep M. Vilaseca. This is part 3 of the webinar.

Listen to Prof Chantal Mathieu and Dr. Baruch Itzhak discuss management of the Heart and the Kidney in a 60 year old patient of Dr Itzhak's with Type 2 Diabetes. Recorded from a webinar held online on 28 May 2021. The session is moderated by Prof Dr Josep M. Vilaseca. This is part 2 of the webinar.

Listen to Prof Chantal Mathieu and Dr. Baruch Itzhak discuss management of the Heart and the Kidney in a 60 year old patient of Dr Itzhak's with Type 2 Diabetes. Recorded from a webinar held online on 28 May 2021. The session is moderated by Prof Dr Josep M. Vilaseca. This is part 1 of the webinar.