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Congresses
and sessions
Forthcoming
events
4th
Forum on Research Venice, Italy , Spring 2006
Past
meetings and congresses
3rd
Forum on Research Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy , Spring 2004
2nd
Form on Research Lyon, France, 24–25 May 2002
Sessions
under the umbrella of the Research Network
7th Congress of the EAPC, 1–5 April
2001, Palermo,
Italy
- How
to write a paper from A to Z.
Chair: Professor Geoffrey Hanks, UK.
- Critical
Reading of Articles.
Chair: Mr Phil J Wiffen, UK; Co–Chair: Dr Per Sjøgren,
Denmark.
- Validated
assessment tools in palliative care.
Chair: Dr Augusto Caraceni, Italy; Co–Chair: Dr Marianne
Jensen Hjermstad, Norway.
- How
to conduct research.
Chair: Prof Stein Kaasa, Norway; Co–Chair: Dr Robert
Dunlop, UK.
- Research
in Nursing.
Chair: Prof Huda Huyer Abu–Saad, Netherlands. Co–Chair:
Ms Roser Borrell I Busquets, Spain.
- Ethical
dilemmas in research.
Chair: Dr Mildred Solomon, USA; Co–Chair: Professor
Alastair Campbell, UK.
- Report
on the activities of the EAPC Research Network.
Chair: Dr Franco De Conno, Italy; Co–Chair: Dr Lukas
Radbruch, Germany.
1st
Forum on Research and Development in Palliative Care
Berlin, Germany, 7–10 December 2000.
First Congress of the Research Network
To
view the scientific programme and the presented abstracts,
please go to http://www.kenes.com/eapcresearch
After
the first two years of its work, the Research Steering Committee
(RSC) decided that, in addition to the biennial European EAPC
Congress, a conference especially focused on research in palliative
care was necessary to spread information about research activities
and invite healthcare professionals to participate in discussions
on research issues.
This
conference endeavoured to provide training for researchers,
but also to give an overview
of ongoing research projects and recommendations for clinical
practice. It aimed to include healthcare professionals involved
or wishing to get involved in research in palliative care
from all European countries.
One
hundred and sixty abstracts had been submitted showing the
increased interest in research among palliative care specialists
and about 350 participants from 40 countries took part in
the discussions on problems currently facing research in palliative
care.
In
four lectures in plenary, two roundtable discussions as well
as 18 sessions, 50 experts from Europe and overseas reported
on topics of interest in research and evaluation, not only
on pain and symptom management, but also on other areas of
palliative care, such as ethical considerations or psychosocial
needs. Topics such as the legalisation of euthanasia
and sedation in palliative care, were also discussed in great
detail. The participation in the discussions was extremely
positive.
The
speakers came from Austria, Canada, France, Germany,
Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the UK and the USA and represented the following
professions and specialties: physicians, nurses, social scientists,
ethicists, pharmacists, anaesthesiology, neurology, oncology,
pain therapy, palliative medicine, pharmacology, psychiatry,
psychosomatic medicine and statistics.
The
sessions with a combination of invited speakers and free communication
were well received, as were the poster presentations. Three
book prizes for the best posters were awarded.
The
Congress had the support and collaboration of the Deutsche
Gesellschaft for Palliativmedizin (DGP – German Society
for Palliative Medicine). The Congress had received Continuing
Medical Education (CME) accreditation from the German Association
for the Study of Pain (DGSS) and the Royal College of Physicians
of the UK.
Thanks
to the SOROS Foundation, a limited amount of sponsoring money
was available for participants from Eastern European countries,
which will be allocated by the President of the EAPC. The
Congress hosted the first meeting of OSI – EAPC –
ECEPT on collaboration and common projects.
The
Scientific Committee has received much positive feedback both
during and after the Congress. Participants stated that the
exchange of information and the expert discussion was very
enlightening.
The
Research Steering Committee is confident that the Congress
has provided a valuable input to the development of palliative
care within Europe, and hopes that many new ideas and plans
for future projects will stem from the events in Berlin.
We
would like to thank all those involved in the preparation
and running of the Congress, who helped to make this event
such a success.
Lukas
Radbruch, Chairman of the Scientific Committee, Germany
Franco De Conno, Chairman of the Research Steering Committee,
Italy
Workshop
to report on the activities of the EAPC Research Network
(6th congress of the EAPC, 23 September
1999, Geneva,
Switzerland)
Chair
and introduction: Franco De Conno
Part
1: Individual lectures by the chairpersons of the current
projects
Participants: Augusto Caraceni, Geoffrey Hanks, Carla Ripamonti,
Nathan Cherny, Lukas Radbruch & Sebastiano Mercadante
Part 2: Short introductions and roundtable
discussion with the members of RSC on concluded, ongoing and
future activities.
Introduction to Research in Palliative Care – seminar on
basic research knowledge
(6th Congress of the EAPC,
24 September 1999, Geneva, Switzerland)
Goal:
To improve participants' basic skills in research methodology
and thereby encourage the number of projects undertaken in
palliative care.
Target group: Nurses, doctors and other
health professionals who want to participate in a short introduction
to research. Basic skills in statistics or research methodology
were not required.
Chair: Stein Kaasa & Franco de Conno
Experts: Robert Dunlop, Augusto Caraceni,
Geoffrey Hanks, Helen Morgan, Irene Higginson
- Introduction
and overview by Stein Kaasa
- Ethical
challenges
- Design
of prospective clinical studies, general considerations
- Measures
of pain and other symptoms
- How
to conduct studies in symptom control
- A
doctor's view
- A
research nurse's view
- Assessment
of palliative care programmes
Recommendations in Palliative Care
International Congress on Pharmacology
and Therapy, 18 July 2000, Florence, Italy
The
Director of the International School of Pharmacology, Giampaolo
Velo, invited the Research Network to organise a session on
palliative care research in the scientific programme of the
International Congress on Pharmacology and Therapy, held in
July 2000 in Italy.
Chair
and introduction: Franco De Conno
Experts: Stein Kaasa, Geoffrey Hanks,
Lukas Radbruch, Friedrich Stiefel, Carl Johan Fürst
- Methodology
and ethics of research in palliative care
- Modes
of administration of third–step opioid analgesics in
cancer pain
- Difficult
pain problems
- Detection
and management of depression in palliative care
- Corticosteroids
in palliative care
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