The End-of-Life Care Research Group at the 13th World Research Congress of the EAPC, 16 – 18 May 2024, Barcelona

The 13th World Research Congress of the EAPC takes places from 16 – 18 May 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. Please find below the activities of the End-of-Life Care Research Group at the conference. 

Pre-congress seminar “Improving quality of life and wellbeing for patients with a serious illness AND their carers: towards a family-centered approach to care” (final DIAdIC conference)  
Timeslot: 9am to 5.45pm CET
Venue: Aula Magna, University of Barcelona, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585 08007 Barcelona
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08:45 – 10:30 PL Opening Ceremony 
Location: MR9 (upstairs) 
Welcome from Chairs of Scientific committee 
09:06 – 09:18 Speakers: Luc Deliens (Belgium) and Irene Higginson (United Kingdom)

11:15 – 12:45 OA 2: Communication 
Location: MR5/6 (upstairs) 
11:15 – 11:25 OA2.1 Advance Care Planning Definition: Perspectives of the European Working Group of People with Dementia and Supporters 
Oral Presenter: Lieve Van den Block (Belgium)

11:15 – 12:45 Poster Discussion A 
Location: MR7/8 (upstairs) 
Chairs: Nicoleta Mitrea (Romania) and Luc Deliens (Belgium)

14:15 – 15:45  OA 7: Community Interventions 
Location: MR7/8 (upstairs) 
Chairs: Matthew Allsop (United Kingdom) and Steven Vanderstichelen (Belgium) 
15:05 – 15:15 OA7.6 Pilot-testing and Evaluation of a Training Program to Support Volunteers in their Palliative Care Signposting Role 
Oral Presenter: Steven Vanderstichelen (Belgium)

16:30 – 18:00 OA 13: Development & Organisation of Services
Location: MR1 (ground floor)  
Chairs: Monica Fliedner (Switzerland) and Joachim Cohen (Belgium)

09:00 – 18:00 Research Methods Exhibition - PP Poster Set 1 
Location: MR4 (ground floor)
1.075 Equivalence of Construct Validity of the Death Literacy Index in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden 
Poster Presenter: Therese Johansson (Sweden), Co-author: Joachim Cohen
1.084 Specific Navigation Patterns: Exploring User Engagement of a Website to Support Advance Care Planning in Dementia 
Poster Presenter: Charlèss Dupont (Belgium)

08:00 – 08:45 EAPC Research Network open meeting 
Location: MR5/6 (upstairs) 
Chairs: Geana Paula Kurita (Denmark) and Joachim Cohen (Belgium) 
08:00 – 08:15 Outcome and process evaluations in pragmatic RCTs in palliative care 
Speaker: Lieve Van den Block (Belgium)

08:00 – 08:45 ME 2: How to Write a Paper 
Location: MR7/8 (upstairs) 
Chairs: Luc Deliens (Belgium) and Catherine Walshe (United Kingdom)

09:00 – 10:30 PL 2 Plenary Session: Innovation, New Technologies & Artificial Intelligence 
Location: MR9 (upstairs) 
09:30 – 09:42 RA2 EAPC Researcher Award Post Doctoral Award Winner: Libby Sallnow (United Kingdom)

11:15 – 12:45 TS 4: Methodological Issues in Researching End-of-Life Decision Making 
Location: MR10/11 (upstairs) 
11:35 – 11:55 TS4.2 How to research Medical assistance in dying - current challenges and future directions 
Speaker: Kenneth Chambaere (Belgium)

14:15 – 15:45 EU Funded Research Projects Session 
Location: MR5/6 (upstairs) 
14:35 – 14:40 EU PAL-COPD 
Speaker: Luc Deliens (Belgium) 
15:15 – 15:20 DIAdIC 
Speaker: Joachim Cohen (Belgium)

14:15 – 15:45 OA 21: Older People 
Location: MR1 (ground floor) 
Chairs: Lieve Van den Block (Belgium) and Sharon Kaasalainen (Canada)

16:30 – 18:00 EU Funded Research Projects Session 
Location: MR5/6 (upstairs) 
16:30 – 16:35 EU-CoWork 
Speaker: Steven Vanderstichelen (Belgium) 
16:40 – 16:45 Eu Navigate 
Speaker: Lieve Van den Block (Belgium)

16:30 – 18:00 OA 25: Older People 
Location: MR1 (ground floor) 
Chairs: Lara Pivodic (Belgium) and Marius Čiurlionis (Lithuania)

16:30 – 18:00 OA 26: Clinical Management & Education 
Location: MR2 (ground floor) 
:40 – 16:50 OA26.2 The Implementation Process of Digital PROMs and PREMs in Oncology Care: A Scoping Review 
Oral Presenter: Anne-Lore Scherrens (Belgium)

16:30 - 18:00 OA 24: Psycho-Social & Spiritual Care
Location: MR7/8 (upstairs)
16:50 - 17:00: OA24.3 Palliative Care Interventions in Haematology: A Systematic Review of the Components, Effectiveness and Implementation
Oral Presenter: Sophie Hochrath (Belgium)

09:00 – 18:00 PP Poster Set 2 
Location: MR4 (ground floor) 
2.084 Feasibility and Acceptability of Experience Sampling Methods in Cancer Research: A Pilot Study 
Poster Presenter: Joran Geeraerts (Belgium)

08:00 – 08:45 ME 6: How to Achieve Excellency in Your PhD Project
Location: MR7/8 (upstairs) 
Chairs: Lara Pivodic (Belgium) and Sabrina Bajwah (United Kingdom)

09:00 – 10:30 OA 28: Primary & Integrated Care 
Location: MR5/6 (upstairs) 
09:40 – 09:50 OA28.5 How Advance Care Planning (ACP-GP) Was Implemented in a Cluster RCT: A Process Evaluation Using RE-AIM 
Oral Presenter: Julie Stevens (Belgium) 
09:50 – 10:00 OA28.6 General Practitioners’ Advance Care Planning Knowledge & Attitudes. Evaluating the Effects of the ACP-GP Intervention Oral 
Presenter: Frederick Daenen (Belgium)

09:00 – 10:30 OA 29: Public Health & Epidemiology 
Location: MR1 (ground floor) 
Chairs: Libby Sallnow (United Kingdom) and Steven Vanderstichelen (Belgium) 09:10 – 09:20 OA29.2 Looking Forward: Exploring Priorities for Public Health Palliative Care Research in Europe in the Coming Decade £
Oral Presenter: Steven Vanderstichelen (Belgium)

3.018 Nation-Wide Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Spiritual Care: Implementation of the Netherlands Guidelines ‘Spiritual Care’ and ‘Grief’ 
Poster Presenter: Marie-José H.E Gijsberts (Belgium)

3.047 Adaptation of a Digital Health Intervention for Patients with Advanced Cancer and their Carers 
Poster Presenter: Peter Hudson (Australia)

3.090 Developing Compassionate Workplaces to Protect Employees’ Health and Wellbeing: Presentation of the International EU-CoWork Project 
Poster Presenter: Steven Vanderstichelen (Belgium)

3.208 Adapting Public Health Palliative Care Interventions to New Settings Using ADAPT Guidance: Nav-CARE as an Example 
Poster Presenter: Fien Van Campe (Belgium)  

meeting room 12-13-14 on the 1st floor of the conference venue, next to Wisepress (library)