VII Annual Conference with international participation "Development of palliative care for adults and children"
The annual conference with international participation "Development of palliative care for adults and children" of the Hospice Care Professionals Association is the largest educational event in Russia for specialists providing care to adults and children with severe progressive and life-limiting diseases.
The conference was held online with the support of the Russian Ministry of Health and the Presidential Grants Fund.
The conference was co-organized by Sechenov University, the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) and the American Eurasian Cancer Alliance (AECA).
The event was broadcast:
on three resources: the Conventus portal, the HPCA Palliative Care Forums application, and the conference website medconf.pro-hospice.ru.
from three virtual rooms
The event met the requirements of the Commission on Continuing Medical Education and was accredited by the Council of the CME.
Within the scientific program, 80 lecturers from 12 countries, such as Russia, the USA, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Israel and the post-Soviet countries, spoke at the Conference. The vibrant and comprehensive program included 86 reports.
More than 2500 people from 12 countries participated in the conference this year.
Within the conference framework, the best specialists and organizations in the field of providing palliative care as a result of 2021 were awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Hospice Care Professionals Association.
In the course of the Conference, the following issues were addressed:
Review of the new edition of the Global Atlas of Palliative Care
Features of chronic pain management in palliative medicine, incl. children
Integration of specialised palliative care: respiratory failure
Nutritional support, incl. children
End of life care
Interdepartmental interaction: non-profit organisations; social protection institutions; psychological support for employees, patients, relatives
Organisation of palliative care in the CIS countries
Palliative care for patients with dementia
Palliative care for children with cancer, neurological pathology
Perinatal palliative care
Medical technology in patient care
Speaker reviews:
“I am very happy with the productive partnership! The brilliant results of this conference show great progress, great results. In my opinion, this progress can and should be shared, including in the international arena. " - Sophia Michaelson, PhD, Executive Director of the American Eurasian Cancer Alliance.
“What made our current conference so special was that in almost every section, where it was possible, there were mixed Russian and foreign experts. This format turned out to be useful, and it seems to me that this practice should be continued. The conference’s tone was set by Robert Twycross, who, in his presentation, demonstrated a remarkable balance between “fundamentals” and “new”. When there are too many "basics", it is not interesting for those who have been in the field of palliative care for a long time; there is too much "new" - those who know little about the "basics" do not learn anything. In this conference, in my opinion, there was an optimal balance. And since palliative care is generally about balance, therefore, in my opinion, in this regard, this is the most successful conference. " - Olga Osetrova, chief physician of the Samara Hospice Autonomous Non-profit Organization.
“Thank you so much for the wonderful opportunity to speak at the conference! This is a great honor for me! I read the data on the scale of the event and admire it! Organizers, well done! How many hours of work are behind everything that happened in those two days! And, of course, I would like to express my sincere admiration and gratitude to my colleagues at the symposium and all the lecturers in general! I believe that together we are a great force, and we can influence the improvement of the quality of life in general today. I will be happy to continue our collaboration! With love, Zhanna Loew, psychologist, social psychologist, specialist in gerontopsychiatry, coordinator of the social support department at the Haus Am Silberberg Senior Center"
Feedback from participants:
“Two days of a miracle. I work with difficult children, in fact, these are palliative children —social protection system. A lot is being done. Much of what has been said is actively used in work. Thank you! ", Pediatrician, Boarding Home for Children with Disabilities and Disabled Children with Mental Disabilities No. 1, St. Petersburg.
“This is my first time at such an event, it is interesting, but there is so much information that it takes time to sort everything out in my head. In general, I learned a lot and will use it in my work.
Many thanks to everyone! ", Health care organiser, Kirov
“I liked the lectures very much, somehow everything has turned upside down in my heart, I looked at many things from the other angle and the desire to make the life of the people around you more beautiful, better, just do not have enough words what emotions overwhelm me after this conference, thank you, that you are, people who deal with these issues and solve them! ", nurse, Radishchev, Irkutsk region.
We are preparing conference materials for publication. Members of the Association will be the first to see them; in two weeks the materials will be available on our website, in the HPCA Palliative Care Forums application and on YouTube. Within six months, the HPCA Forums application will provide access to the materials of the VII Annual conference with international participation “Development of palliative care for adults and children”. You can continue to communicate with colleagues, visit the “film club”, as well as a virtual exhibition of partners with valuable materials.
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