Second national congress on palliative care

 Dear colleagues! 

We inform you about the preparation for the event SECOND NATIONAL CONGRESS ON PALLIATIVE CARE, which will take place on October 1-3, 2015 in Kyiv

Institutions-organizers of the Congress:

• NGO "Ukrainian League to Promote the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care"
• National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine
• P. L. Shupyk National Postgraduate Medical Academy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

Supported by:

• Ministry of Health of Ukraine,
• Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine,
• National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine,
• Department of Health Protection of the Kyiv City State Administration,
• IBF "Revival",
• Editors of the magazine "Rehabilitation and palliative medicine"

Venue of the Congress: National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine (03057, Kyiv, 20 Ezhena Potie St.)

National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after P.L. Shupyka of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (04112, Kyiv, 9 Dorohozhitska St.).

The purpose of the Congress: to promote the creation and development of the system of palliative and hospice care in Ukraine.

PROPOSALS REGARDING THEMATIC SECTIONS OF THE CONGRESS:

1.     Organizational aspects of the system of palliative and hospice care
1.1. Organizational model of providing palliative care in outpatient settings

1.2. Involvement of family medicine doctors in the provision of palliative care

1.3. Field service of palliative and hospice care: experience and problems

1.4. Organizational model of providing palliative and hospice care in hospital conditions

1.5. Peculiarities of the organization of providing palliative care to children in hospital conditions and by visiting multidisciplinary teams at home

1.6. Peculiarities of providing palliative care in urban and rural areas

1.7. Standards for providing palliative care at home and in a hospital

1.8. Professional training of medical personnel in matters of providing palliative and hospice care

1.9. Regulatory and legal framework for the development of palliative and hospice care

1.10. Control over the circulation of narcotic drugs in the medical field: obstacles to access to drugs and solutions

1.11. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary cooperation of specialists in the provision of palliative and hospice care

1.12. The role and place of the general practitioner/family medicine doctor, specialist doctors (oncologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, endocrinologists, etc.) in the care of palliative patients

1.13. Scientific research and training of scientific personnel in the direction of "Palliative and hospice care"

1.14. Economic principles of the system of palliative and hospice care

2.     Clinical aspects of the system of palliative and hospice care

2.1. Indications for transferring patients to palliative care and hospice care in the adult population and in pediatrics

2.2. Management of chronic pain syndrome in the provision of palliative and hospice care to adults and children

2.3. Symptomatic palliative treatment in the terminal stages of diseases

2.4. Pharmaceutical provision of palliative and hospice care

2.5. Peculiarities of providing palliative care to children

2.6. Features of providing palliative and hospice care with psychiatric, oncological, neurological diseases, etc.

2.7. Peculiarities of providing palliative and hospice care to geriatric patients

2.8. Rehabilitation and palliative care of patients injured during the ATO

2.9. The work of nurses and junior health workers with palliative patients: complexities and basic care skills

2.10. Optimization and standards of care for palliative patients

2.11. Features of palliative care for patients with chronic infectious diseases (tuberculosis, HIV infection/AIDS, hepatitis, etc.)

3. Psychological aspects of providing palliative and hospice care.

3.1. Modern approaches and methods of psychological support of palliative patients and their family members

3.2. The role and place of a medical psychologist in the provision of palliative and hospice care

3.3. Prevention of professional burnout when providing palliative and hospice care

4.     Social component of palliative care.

4.1. Interaction of medical and social services in the provision of palliative care

4.2. Fundraising in palliative care

4.3. Coverage of issues of palliative care in the mass media and formation of public opinion

5.     Philosophical and ethical aspects of palliative and hospice care. Philosophical and medical foundations of thanatology. Rights of palliative patients.

6.     The role of public organizations and society in the development of the system of palliative and hospice care. Development of volunteering, charity and socially responsible business.

7.     Spiritual principles of palliative and hospice care. The role of churches and religious organizations in the system of palliative and hospice care. Implementation of the chaplaincy system.

Working languages ​​of the Congress: Ukrainian, Russian, English.

Technical means: multimedia projector.

During the work of the Congress, the following will take place:

• plenary sessions;
• sectional meetings;
• satellite sessions;
• poster reports.

To participate in the congress, it is necessary to send an application, articles and theses for the publication of the congress materials in the International Journal "Rehabilitation and Palliative Medicine" by September 1, 2015, in accordance with the requirements for publishing scientific materials in the journal.

For questions related to the organization and holding of the conference, contact tel. (044) 482 36 75; ligahp @ ukr . net ; (044) 455 62 92; natvasus @ gmail . com ; atsarenko @ gmail . com

Congress initiative group:

Vasyl Mykhailovych Knyazevich - Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care, Head of the Department of Public Health Management at the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences; (044) 482 36 75; ligahp@ukr.net;

Raisa Oleksandrivna Moiseyenko - First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care", Head of the Department of Pediatric Neurology and Medical and Social Rehabilitation of the P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Doctor of Medical Sciences; v-moiseenko@ukr.net.

Yury Ivanovich Gubskyi - Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian League for the Promotion of Development of Palliative and Hospice Care, Director of the State Educational and Methodological Center for Palliative and Hospice Medicine of the P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences , professor; tel. (044) 205-48-61; info@palliativecare.gov.ua .

Tsarenko Anatoliy Volodymyrovych - member of the board of the NGO "Ukrainian League for Promotion of Development of Palliative and Hospice Care", acting head of the Department of Palliative and Hospice Medicine of the P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, candidate of medical sciences, associate professor;

Nataliya Olehivna Vasyuk - associate professor of the department of public health protection management of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, candidate of sciences in public administration; tel. (044) 455 62 92; natvasus@gmail.com

Ihor Valentinovych Yakovenko - adviser to the chairman of the board of the Ukrainian League for Promotion of the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care; (044) 482 3675

Chaykivska Dzvenislava Romanivna - NGO "Ukrainian League to Promote the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care"; (044) 482 3675

Olena Oleksandrivna Kolesnik - Director of the National Cancer Institute, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Honored Doctor of Ukraine