• Euroimpact was highly involved in the 13th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care in Prague (Czech Republic) May 30- June 2, 2013

The EURO IMPACT fellows made 4 oral presentations and 12 poster presentations during their participation at the EAPC Congress in Prague. Following are the details of the oral presentations and here is the link to the abstract book.

31th May 2013  - Oral Presentations

-Lara Pivodic (BE) - FC5.5 - 'Burden on Family Carers and Difficulty in Covering Costs of Care at the End of Life: A Cross-national Retrospective Study via Representative Networks of General Practitioners' (See abstract book p.53)

1st June 2013  - Oral Presentations

-Winne Ko (BE) - PD 2.3 - 'Factors Associated with Dying at the Place of Wish: A Cross-country Comparison of Cancer Patients with the EURO SENTI-MELC Study 2009 - 2010' (See abstract book p.66)

2nd June 2013  - Oral Presentations

-Elene Janberidze (NO) - FC 13.5 - 'Depression and Use of Anti-depressants in Patients with Advanced Cancer. Results from an International Multi-centre Study' (See abstract book p.61)

-Lara Pivodic (BE) - FC 11.5 - 'Perceived Quality of Home Cancer Care at the End of Life: Which Factors Are Associated with Bereaved Relatives Being Highly Satisfied with the Care Provided by GPs?' (See abstract book p.59)
 

• Euroimpact has attented EAPC-RN Seminar in Ghent (Belgium) 18-19 Oct 2012

The 2nd International Seminar of the PRC and EAPC RN took place in Ghent, Belgium,
18-19 October 2012. 123 participants from all over the world attended, and all in all there were 34 plenary talks in 11 plenary sessions with great involvment of EURO IMPACT fellows and lead professors: http://forskningsweb.org/copenhagen11/past-seminars/ghent/

• Euroimpact has attented the Marie Curie Conference in Dublin 10-11 July 2012

The Marie Curie Conference, which takes place on July 10th and 11th 2012, will offer fellows special opportunities to broaden their career perspectives and further exploit their potential as Marie Curie Fellows. The conference will include training sessions on how to access EC funding including presentations on Horizon 2020; patenting and how to write successful grant proposals. The main theme of the 2012 conference is communicating research and there will also be a series of workshops on the various aspects of communications including social media networking and speaking confidently to a non-scientific audience. Participants will also play an active role through poster sessions and short presentations on their research.
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• Euroimpact was highly involved in the World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care in Trondheim (Norway) 7-9 June 2012

The 7th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) aims to reflect where palliative care research stands today, and to be an arena for leading clinicians and researchers within the field. New knowledge gathered here can hopefully lead to improved palliative care all over the world.

 

The EURO IMPACT fellows made a total of 10 presentations (oral and poster) in early June during their participation in the EAPC in Norway. Following are the details and here is the link to the abstract book.

7th June 2012  - Oral Presentations

-Natalie Evans (NE) - OA6- ‘Older Patients’ Experiences of Patient-physician End-of-Life Communication: Evidence from the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands’ (See abstract book p.390)

-Lara Pivodic (BE) - OA23- ‘Multidisciplinary Palliative Care Provision and Palliative Care by General Practitioners: A Comparative Study via GP Networks in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain’ (See abstract book p.398)

7th June 2012  - Poster Presentation

-Winne Ko (IT) – P91- ‘Actual and Preferred Place of Deaths of Cancer Patients in Four European Countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain): EURO SENTI-MELC 2010’ (See abstract book p.492)

8th June 2012 - Oral Presentations

-David Blum (NO) – OA53- ‘Feasibility and Acceptance of Electronic Monitoring of Symptoms and Syndromes Associated with Cancer in Daily Oncology Practice Using a Handheld Computer’ (E-MOSAIC) (See abstract book p. 423)

-David Blum (NO) - OA86- ‘The Effect Computer Based Clinical Decision Support Systems (CCDSS) on Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO)- A Systematic Literature Review’ (See abstract book p.445)

8th June 2012 - Poster Presentations

-Katrien Moens (UK) –P313- ‘Palliative Care-related Problems among Cancer- and Non-cancer-Patients: Differences in Prevalence and Intensity. A Systematic Review of the Evidence’ (See abstract book p. 591)

-David Blum (NO) – P314- ‘E-MOSAIC: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Phase III Study of Longitudinal Electronic Monitoring of Symptoms and Syndromes Associated with Advanced Cancer in Patients Receiving Anticancer Treatment in Palliative Intention’ (See abstract book p.591)

-Maaike de Roo (NE) – P326 – ‘New Developments in Quality Indicators for Palliative Care’ (See abstract book p.597)

-Nicole van Uden (BE) – P359 – ‘Quality of Care and Quality of Dying of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia, as Judged by Next of Kin: A Comparison between Flanders and the Netherlands’(See abstract book p.611)

-Emily West (IT) – P475 – ‘Feasibility of Assessing Quality of Care at the End of Life from Two Multicentre Cluster Trials’ (See abstract book p.662)

 

Click here to see the conference website

 

• Euroimpact has attented the Marie Curie Symposium "SCIENCE - Passion, Mission, Responsibilities" in Warsaw 25-27 September 2011

The symposium, which is organised by the upcoming Polish Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission, celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Marie Curie Actions and the 100th anniversary of Maria Skłodowska-Curie’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. The event has gathered politicians, stakeholders and about 300 Marie Curie researchers.
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