{"id":5521,"date":"2021-10-13T09:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T08:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.st-andrews.ac.uk\/medicine\/?p=5521"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:47:11","slug":"the-world-rural-health-conference-2022-rural-wonca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/the-world-rural-health-conference-2022-rural-wonca\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Rural Health Conference 2022 (\u201cRural Wonca\u201d)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The World Rural Health Conference 2022 (\u201cRural\u00a0Wonca\u201d) will be hosted jointly by the University of Limerick, Irish College of General Practice and the Irish Rural, Island and Dispensing Doctors of Ireland\u00a0from 17<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-20<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0June 2022. \u202f\u202fDr.\u00a0Robert Scully (Deputy Director,\u00a0ScotGEM),\u00a0has been invited to join the main organising committee, with responsibility for students and early career healthcare professionals.\u202f He has been joined on the student sub-committee by ScotGEM Y3 student Ronald MacDonald.\u202f This is the premier global rural health\u00a0conference, and\u00a0is expected to attract over 1000 delegates.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Having supported the initial bid, ScotGEM are official partners for this conference, and as it commences the day after\u00a0the first\u00a0ScotGEM graduation, it is an excellent opportunity to celebrate the graduating Charter ScotGEM class.\u202f As part of this celebration, Professor Roger Strasser (St Andrews Global Fellowship recipient 21\/22) will attend the ScotGEM graduation and then travel to Limerick to deliver a keynote address regarding the role of undergraduate medical education on future healthcare delivery in rural areas.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0conference will officially launch on October 13<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u202f For more\u00a0information\u00a0please see the conference website\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.woncarhc2022.co<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\/<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">contact Robert Scully directly.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5522 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/10\/WONCA-2022-Flyer-1_001-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Rural Health Conference 2022 (\u201cRural\u00a0Wonca\u201d) will be hosted jointly by the University of Limerick, Irish College of General Practice and the Irish Rural, Island and Dispensing Doctors of Ireland\u00a0from 17th-20th\u00a0June 2022. \u202f\u202fDr.\u00a0Robert Scully (Deputy Director,\u00a0ScotGEM),\u00a0has been invited to join the main organising committee, with responsibility for students and early career healthcare professionals.\u202f 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