2020-2025 Strategic plan

The World Medical Association.
Strategic Plan 2020 – 2025
adopted by the WMA General Assembly, Tbilisi 2019
Mission
The purpose of the WMA is to serve humanity by endeavouring to
achieve the highest international standards in Medical Education,
Medical Science, Medical Art and Medical Ethics, and Health Care for
all people in the world. (WMA Article 2)
Vision
Ethics, Advocacy &
Representation
The WMA represents all physicians across the world. We are committed to the ethical
values laid down in the Declaration of Geneva. Striving for better health and health care
for all people, we stress the importance of the Social Determinants of Health and we
support the idea of Universal Health Coverage. We constantly engage to improve
medical education, and we advocate on behalf of the physicians of this world, their
patients and the communities they live in. Caring, ethics and science are enduring
traditions of medicine which we share.
Partnerships &
Collaborations
We acknowledge the high degree of cooperation that is necessary to ensure health and
to provide high quality health care to all people. Our work with partners within and
outside health care systems is based on mutual respect and clear responsibility for our
patients and communities. We are prepared to take leadership.
Communications &
Outreach
Health and health care require communication. We aim to improve and innovate the
communication between physicians, health professionals, laypersons and, most
importantly, with our patients, understanding them as persons seeking our help, advice,
protection and partnership. We are ready to lead change when change for the better is
possible.
Operational
Excellence
In order to achieve operational excellence, we follow the principles of ethical behaviour,
professionalism, appropriateness and accountability.
Organizational Capacity
• Governance development
• Member integration
• Staff development
Strategic Areas and Priorities
Medical Ethics
• Promoting the DoG and
the International Code of
Medical Ethics (ICoME)
• Revising the ICoME
• Maintaining active
ownership of the DoH
and DoT
Universal
Health Coverage
• Promoting Physician-led
Primary Health Care
• Social and Environmental
Determinants of Health
• New technologies,
education and working
conditions
• Emergency preparedness
Human Rights
and Health
• Organizational challenges
(self governance,
professional autonomy)
• Health Care in Danger
(armed conflict and civilian
situations)
• Individual interventions
(doctors or patients at risk)
Medical Ethics – Priorities & Deliverables
Promoting the Declaration of Geneva and the International Code of Medical Ethics
• Using the DoG at annual assemblies and similar events
• Encouraging member and non-member physician
associations (e.g. regional groups) to use the DoG
• Discussing the ICoME in WMA member organizations and
participating in the international discussion
• Celebrating the DoG in the WMA
• Surveying medical associations on whether they use the DoG
in their assemblies and how
• Providing discussion materials to member organizations,
inviting them to participate
Revising the International Code of Medical Ethics – demonstrating ownership and concern
• Global discussion with regional events starting in 2020
• Regional discussions and expert hearings on all continents
• A new ICoME in 2022
• Organizing at least three regional events to demonstrate
ownership and engagement
• Finishing revision by 2022
Maintaining and demonstrating ownership of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Declaration of Taipei
• Stressing their value and collecting information on the use
and shortfalls of the DoH / DoT
• Discussing with experts and users, inviting comments
• Reporting the discussion to Council & taking necessary
action
• Participation of WMA leadership in international and national
events on DoH / DoT subjects
• Activities to seek scientific and practical input
• Reporting back and preparing necessary policy steps
Universal Health Coverage: Priorities & Deliverables I
Social and Environmental Determinants of Health
• Engaging for equity as measure of prevention and caring
• Underlining general conditions of life (habitation, nutrition,
education, working conditions) as pre-requisites of good health
• Advising for fair and equitable health care systems
• Engaging for the global environment to mitigate health effects of
climate change
• Fostering policy for climate protection
• Taking action in the health sector (my green doctor, healthy
hospitals)
• Inserting the endeavour for equity into our policies (new and reviewed)
• Advocating for action on the Social Determinants of Health by participation
in international organs
• Demanding health in all policies at the WHO and other UN bodies
• Continuation of our engagement to support WHO in the COP process
• Engaging physicians in understanding and acting on climate change
• Promoting our tool kits for green offices
• Developing material for green hospitals / with IHF
Promoting Physician-led Primary Health Care
• Demonstrating the value of physician-led care
• Promoting quality as condition for equity
• Decent working and living conditions for those serving in health
care
(allowing health professionals to develop their career in and with
their regions or communities)
• Counteracting violence in health care
• Developing talking points together with WONCA
• Inserting a need for evidence-based medicine in cooperation with
international organizations on as many levels as possible
• Aligning in action with partner organizations (trade unions, WHPA in action
for better working and living conditions)
• Extending Health Care in Danger into civilian settings – co-organizing
activities with our members
• Increasing advocacy at the political level through our member organizations
Universal Health Coverage: Priorities & Deliverables II
New technologies, education and working conditions
• Defining acceptable integration of artificial and augmented
intelligence in medicine
• Integrating and operationalizing IT in medical education, but
prioritizing the human interaction in medical care
• Promoting physician well-being and mental health, including
advocacy to reduce physician burnout
• Developing a policy on artificial/augmented reality in medicine
• Cooperating with WFME on technology integration in medical education
• Promoting safe and respectful workplaces to reduce work-related diseases,
violence, bullying, and harassment
• Monitoring the expanding use of new technologies by patients in self-
management and how this will impact on the work and role of doctors as
well as on the doctor-patient relationship
Emergency preparedness
• Promoting assistance and contingency planning • Refining our policy work on emergency preparedness, ethics and
contingency planning
Autonomy, Human Rights and Health – Priorities & Deliverables
Organizational challenges (self-governance, professional autonomy)
• Supporting medical associations under pressure, in conflict or in
development
• Providing organizational guidance, arranging partnerships with other
members
• Providing support with press work, advocacy to politicians, personal
appearances of WMA leaders where possible
• Giving guidance, brokering expert advice, building partnerships
among member associations
• Cooperating with regional medical organizations
Health Care in Danger (armed conflict and civilian situations)
• Participation in the ICRC HCiD campaign
• Promoting transfer of tools from HCiD into the civilian world
• Raising political awareness
• Supporting the ICRC in the HCiD work by participating in workgroups
and conferences
• Stimulating conferences and activities with member organizations
• Disseminating ideas for better protection and violence mitigation
Individual interventions (doctors or patients at risk)
• Interventions on demand (campaign letters, diplomatic action, social
media, attendance at court)
• Acting where necessary
Organizational Capacity – Priorities & Deliverables
Governance development
• Higher integration of members into Council and Assembly work
• Offering more room for discussion and interaction (regional and
online discussions)
• Enhancing communication with members, partners and externally
• Improving representation to Council and General Assembly,
reflecting regional and cultural diversity
• Integrating young physicians in our work
• Strengthening constituent membership
• Encouraging self-regulated mechanisms of rotation
• Facilitating the participation of especially non-Council members in
statutory meetings, work groups, joint activities and discussions
• Developing a communications plan including our member
organizations
• Focussing WMA leadership participation in more so far
underrepresented communities
• Involving young physicians in activities in sync with our rules and
procedures
• Attracting new members (constituent and associate)
• Increasing the participation of constituent members at all levels
Member integration
• Recruiting more voluntary in-person support
• Continuing internship programs
• Making more use of voluntary work and secondments
• Increasing internships at the WMA office
Staff development
• Increasing our communications capacity
• Offering CPD opportunities
• Education and training for communications
• Increasing general participation in CPD courses
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