Preliminary program 8:30-9:30 Wednesday 18 May 2016 Thursday 19 May Friday 20 May Saturday 21 May 2016 2016 2016 Morning Yoga Poster sessions Morning Yoga 9:30-10:30 Master Class on Burnout Fiona Godlee David Bates Mohammadreza Hojat 10:30-10:45 in Healthcare Stretching Stretching Stretching 10:45-12:15 Parallel Sessions Society-sponsored Parallel Sessions expert roundtable: EAPH 12:15-12:45 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break 12:45-14:15 Parallel Sessions Society-sponsored expert roundtable: EACH Parallel Sessions 14:15-15:30 Lunch- Wellness activity Lunch- Wellness activity Lunch- Wellness activity 15:30-16:30 Christina Maslach Aneez Esmail Parallel Sessions Parallel Sessions Anthony Montgomery 16:30-17:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break 17:00-18:30 Let s converse I: Bryan Sexton Rebecca Lawton Hardeep Sign Let s converse II: Jane Lemaire Chris McManus Jennifer Bremner 19:00-20:15 Welcome address Christina Maslach Closing ceremony Elizabeth Rider Welcome reception by the pool St Patrick meets Socrates Quiz night Cultural event Beach Party
5. Social Program In addition to the planned social activities, several trips and sports events, for example, sailing trip, dancing festival, arts show will be organised to helps us get acquainted with the local culture. Visit us soon for more details!!
6 The WELL-Med team Efharis Panagopoulou, PhD is an assistant professor of health psychology in the Medical School of Aristotle University in Greece. After completing her doctoral thesis in Leiden University, The Netherlands, she joined the Medical School in 2002 with a European fellowship aimed at attracting research leaders from abroad. To date, she has coordinated several projects in the field of stress, diagnostic mistakes, and clinical decision making. Dr. Panagopoulou is the Principal Investigator of the ORCAB project: Organisational culture, professional burnout and quality of health care. (7 TH Research Framework, European Union). The project involves 10 partners from 9 European countries and the funding budget is 2.1 million Euros. Dr. Panagopoulou was the Head of the Scientific Committee for the EHPS conference in Crete (2011). From April -May 2012 she received a Fulbright scholarship to study the impact of information concealment on couples coping with cancer. She is currently the coordinator of the communication skills training program for medical doctors, and the Personal and Professional Development program for members of the medical school. Her current research is focused on the role of emotions on clinical decision making and medical errors.
Anthony Montgomery, PhD is an Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Psychology, at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. He has held academic positions at University College Cork (Ireland) and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain. His areas of research interest include: job stress/burnout, work-family balance. He is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Health Psychology, Burnout Journal and the EHPS Health Psychology Bulletin. Dr. Montgomery has published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is an honorary lecturer in the Institute of Work Health, and Organisations, University of Nottingham, UK. Dr. Montgomery is the Head of the Scientific Committee on the ORCAB project. Scientific Committee Prof. Hannah McGee, Dean, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland Dr. Karen Morgan, Senior Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland Prof. Kav Vedhara, Chair of Health Psychology, Department of Primary Care, University of Nottingham, UK Prof. Adriana Baban, Professor of Health Psychology, Universitatea Babes Bolyai, Romania Prof. Irina Todorova, Associate Professor, Director of Health Psychology Research Center, Sofia, Bulgaria Prof. Jadranka Mustajbegovic, Professor of Occupational Health, School of Medicine, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb Prof. Jovanka Karadzinska-Bislimovska, Director of the WHO Collaborating center for Occupational Health at the Institute of Occupational Health of RM, Skopje, FYROM Prof. Ana Passos, Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Lisbon, Portugal Prof. Feride Sacaklioglou, Professor in Public Health, EGE University, Turkey Organising Committee Vassiliki Zarogoulidiou, MSc, ORCAB Project manager Evangelia Tsiga, MD, MSc, doctoral research fellow in decision making in primary care Katerina Georganta, MSc, doctoral research fellow in the protective role of fun at work among hospital staff
Karolina Doulougeri, MSc, doctoral research fellow in medical education and professional attitudes
7 Abstract submission Presentations should be submitted in one of the following formats: New evidence: Let the data do the talking This session will provide an opportunity for the results of large datasets to be reported. Cumulative research that either confirms or questions key ideas in the field. This session will be suitable for meta-analysis and/or meta-synthesis papers. What works and what doesn't This session will be devoted to presenting developments and/or evaluation of interventions. Blue sky thinking This session will be geared towards providing an opportunity for new evidence-based ideas and research directions in particular areas. These presentations will provide the opportunity for experienced researchers to present their thoughts and ideas based on their accumulated experience in specific research areas. This session will be the Quo Vadis session for the field. Symposia Symposia provide an opportunity for focused presentations on a particular topic. Expert poster session: Work in progress A special interactive poster session will be devoted to researchers wanting to present and share work in progress. These posters will be discussed by our invited experts. In addition to a poster authors should prepare a 5 minute presentation. Medical Stories Stories provide important context. This session will give an opportunity to practitioners, hospital managers, and health professionals to present case studies, examples from clinical practice, and their experiences of running programs. Research gone wrong Problems in research are informative. A special round table will be devoted to discussing problems and pitfalls in specific research projects. For this session individual submissions will be grouped together to be presented in the format of a round table. Individual presenters should prepare a 10 minute presentation focusing on the limitations/obstacles encountered and how they were dealt with (if at all).
Workshops These could focus on a clinical, or research topic concerning the themes of the conference. They should include practical, or experiential work, and not theoretical presentations. You can download the guidelines for abstract submission here (link)
8 Location 8.1. Conference hotel (na anoigei kateftheian to link tou ksenodoxeiou http://www.classicalhotels.com/astir-egnatia/en/ 8.2. Alexandroupoli and surrounding attractions (SEE ATTACHED FILE) 8.3 How to get there You can reach Alexandroupolis through the two main cities in Greece. For help with airlines tickets you can also visit www.airtickets.gr. Via Athens Several international airlines connect major European and American cities with Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens (http://www.aia.gr/traveler/ ). From there you can get an internal connecting flight to Alexandroupolis (45 minutes). At the moment two airlines are connecting Athens and Alexandroupolis: Aegean airlines http://el.aegeanair.com/ and olympic air https://www.olympicair.com/ Via Thessaloniki You can also choose to arrive via Macedonia Airport of Thessaloniki. (http://www.thessalonikiairport.com/). There will be a conference bus leaving from Thessaloniki airport on May 27th in the early evening, and on May 28th during the day (about 3 hours drive). The exact times will be announced once travel details of participants are known. Alternatively you can reach Alexandroupolis from Thessaloniki by train (http://oasth.gr) or bus (http://www.ktelmacedonia.gr/en/home/list). Finally you can also rent a car in the airport (2 1/2 hours drive).
9 Registration Registration fees are indicated in Euros. All conference participants need to register their attendance at WELL-Med 2014 prior to the conference. Registration fees Participants Conference registration Workshops Main fees (Single room) Reduced fees (Double room) Standard fees ORCAB member 400 300 100 /workshop Non ORCAB member 700 580 100 /workshop Additional night (HB) 72 48 The conference registration fees include: HB accommodation for 4 nights Access to all sessions and exhibition area Welcome reception and dinner Conference dinner and beach party Coffee breaks Conference material Bus transfer from Thessaloniki airport Overnight stays prior or following WELL-Med 2014 and any meals not mentioned in the conference programme are not included.
Workshop fees include: The participation in a workshop. Workshop material Confirmation, receipt & invoice A confirmation of registration, including the detailed information of your registration with payment details will be sent by e-mail after your registration, once full payment has been received. Cancellation policy Until 6 months prior to the beginning of the Conference: No penalty from 6 months to 3 months prior to the beginning of the conference: penalty 50% of the registration fee. from 3 months to 1 month prior to the beginning of the conference: penalty 85% of the registration fee. from 30 days to the beginning of the conference: no refund. The conference organizers cannot accept any liability for personal injuries sustained, or for loss or damage to property belonging to congress participants (or their accompanying person), either during, or as a results of, the conference. Registration fees do not include insurance. By registering and paying your fees, you accept all the above terms and conditions.
10 Contact Prof. Dr. Efharis Panagopoulou, Medical School, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece wellmed@gmail.com epanagop@auth.gr +302310999154 +302310999131 For help with travel arrangements, to or within Greece you can also contact Athanasia, info@travelook.gr