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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, 2425 May 2002
Sessions under the umbrella of the Research Network
7th Congress of the EAPC, 15 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; CoChair: Dr Per Sjøgren, Denmark.
- Validated assessment tools in palliative care.
Chair: Dr Augusto Caraceni, Italy; CoChair: Dr Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, Norway.
- How to conduct research.
Chair: Prof Stein Kaasa, Norway; CoChair: Dr Robert Dunlop, UK.
- Research in Nursing.
Chair: Prof Huda Huyer AbuSaad, Netherlands. CoChair: Ms Roser Borrell I Busquets, Spain.
- Ethical dilemmas in research.
Chair: Dr Mildred Solomon, USA; CoChair: Professor Alastair Campbell, UK.
- Report on the activities of the EAPC Research Network.
Chair: Dr Franco De Conno, Italy; CoChair: Dr Lukas Radbruch, Germany.
1st Forum on Research and Development in Palliative Care
Berlin, Germany, 710 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 thirdstep opioid analgesics in cancer pain
- Difficult pain problems
- Detection and management of depression in palliative care
- Corticosteroids in palliative care
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