Wonca Europe Podcasts

Welcome to the recording of the Wonca Europe webinar "Antibiotics in Pregnancy and Lactation," organised in partnership with the European Network of Teratology Information Services (Entis). This webinar was recorded on 24 June 2026. The session is presented by Prof. Matitiahu (Mati) Berkovitch and is moderated by Prof. Ken Hodson, Head of the UK Teratology Information Service and Chair of the Scie...

Welcome to the recording of the webinar "Lifestyle Medicine as a Clinical Tool for Type 2 Diabetes Remission". This webinar is a joint collaboration between the Wonca Europe Lifestyle Medicine Special Interest Group and the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and was recorded on 11 June 2026. Moderated by Dr Lilach Malatskey, Chair of the Wonca Europe Lifestyle Medicine Special Interes...

This is a fascinating interview with Dr Ueli Grueninger, who designed the Wonca Tree. In the interview, Ueli discussed the start of the Wonca tree idea and how it has developed over time, including reflections on its relevance to us as family medicine doctors. Listen to Ueli’s reflections about the tree, and how it can shape all of our ideas and practices as an emblem of Wonca Europe and our share...

Recorded on 22 January 2026. Dr Tara Kiran will set some context on the Canadian system and then review OurCare. OurCare is Canada’s largest public engagement initiative on the future of primary care, which has shaped policy direction in multiple provinces and informed Ontario’s Primary Care Act. She will cover what the initiative did, what patients told them, and how it has influenced policy and...

12 December 2024, 16:30 CET The way we currently practice medicine is unsustainable for patients, clinicians, health systems, societies and the planet. We urgently need a new way of thinking about human, financial and environmental resources in healthcare. But how can we advance care without overwhelming capacity?

20 November 2024, 16:30 CET This session of WE Talk will examine the vital role of primary health care in crisis situations, using the February 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye as a case study. This event will highlight the resilience and adaptation of primary care services amidst disaster, as well as share firsthand experiences from healthcare personnel who were on the ground during this catastrophic...

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...

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...

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 go...

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. ...

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 boar...

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 Medici...

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 No...

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 Comm...

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.